An Open Landscape with Brigands Attacking Travelers

Artists

Dimensions

32 x 53 cm (12 5/8 x 20 7/8 in.) Frame: 46 x 67 x 6 cm (18 1/8 x 26 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Probably Albert Grossmann, Brombach, Germany, his sale [Hugo Helbing, Munich, October 30, 1902, lot 148]. R. H. Ward, London; to [D. A. Hoogendijk, Amsterdam, by 1932], [1]sold; to Johannes Marius Cornelis Hoog, Haarlem, 1932 until at least 1941]. [2] With [Saam Nijstad, The Hague, after 1947]. [3] With [Kurt Müllenmeister, Solingen, by 1972]. H. B. Mayer, Solingen. With [Kurt Müllenmeister, Solingen, by 1977]. Illse Marie Helene Bsher (nee Pferdmenges) (1919-1992), Cologne, sold [through Sotheby's, London, December 9, 1992, lot 19]; to Martin and Kathleen Feldstein, sold [Christie's, October 15, 2020]; to George S. Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2025 Notes [1] Hoog was in possession of the work by September 7, 1932. See Archiefnummer NL-HaRKD-0460, Kunsthandel D.A. Hoogendijk & Co., RKD. [2] Hoog is noted as the owner in an annotated copy of the 1941 exhibition catalogue "Tentoonstelling van Schilderijen, Meubelen enz. Behoorende tot het Legaat van Mr H. J. D.D. Enschedé en uit het Bezit van Verschillende Verzamelaars" at the Frans Hals Museum. Hoog died in 1950 and was known as a collector. See: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn3/hoog [12-11-2013] [3] Saam Nijstad did not begin working for the family firm until 1947 and in the Hague until 1948.