172 - VRIES Roeleof Jansz van

VRIES Roeleof Jansz van Haarlem 1631 – Amsterdam after 1681 The Dovecote Oil on panel. Oak. Single panel (Small chip in the upper right; small loss in the lower left; old varnish slightly soiled and yellowed) H. 28.5 - W. 21.5 cm Comparison: Similar in composition, with some variations, to Roelof Jansz van Vries’s *The Dovecote* (Woodcut, 36.8 x 30.5 cm), enriched here by the presence of the two fishermen, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Inv./Cat. No. 71116). Expert: Patrice DUBOIS