Photo of Jan-Baptist-Wolfaerts - Shepherds and their flock in a vast landscape

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Artist

Attributed to Hendrick Mommers (circa 1623 date QS:P,+1623–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 –1693)
Alternative names	Hendrik Mommers
Description	Dutch painter and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	circa 1623 date QS:P,+1623-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	21 December 1693 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Haarlem	Amsterdam
Work location	Italy, Haarlem (1647-1665), Amsterdam (1665-1693)
Authority control	: Q59493 VIAF: 95845162 ISNI: 0000 0000 7075 0027 ULAN: 500026482 WGA: MOMMERS, Hendrick BPN: 45881500

Formerly attributed to Jan Baptist Wolfaerts (1625–1687)
Alternative names	Jan Baptist Wolffort
Description	Flemish painter
Date of birth/death	1625	1687
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Antwerp
Work location	Rome (1658); Antwerp; Antwerp (1640–1647); Paris (1642–1643); Italy (1643–1646); Haarlem (1647–1658); Haarlem (1659–1671)
Authority control	: Q18608189 VIAF: 95866257 ULAN: 500029923 BPN: 33183961 RKD: 85395

Title

Dutch: Heuvelachtig landschap met herders en vee
Shepherds and their flock in a vast landscape / Hilly landscape with shepherds and their livestock

Object type

painting

Description

possibly a fragment

Date

between 1644 and 1680

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 66 cm (25.9 ″); Width: 63 cm (24.8 ″)

Object history

sold at Koller (Zürich) 2011-03-28 - 2011-04-02, lotnr. 6404 as circle of Nicolaes Berchem
sold at Christie's, London, 2013-04-11, lotnr. 189 as attributed to Hendrick Mommers
sold at Dorotheum, Vienna, 2013-10-15, lotnr. 850 as Jan Baptist Wolfaerts
sold at Dorotheum, Vienna, 2014-06-24, lotnr. 295 as Jan Baptist Wolfaerts

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom right

References

RKDimages, Art-work number 235185.

Source/Photographer

1. Palais Dorotheum Wien, 15.10.2013, lot 850
2. Palais Dorotheum Wien, 24.06.2014, lot 295 via Arcadja auction results

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