Lot 158: ATTRIBUTED TO PIETER JANSZ. COOPSE HOORN 1638 - 1673

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT

measurements note
80 by 97 cm.; 31 1/2 by 38 in.

possible remains of a signature on the gunwale of the boat to the lower right: DIE...

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 9-10 April 1986, lot 53 (as Van Diest);
Anonymous sale, Zurich, Koller, 18 May 1987, lot 5017 (as Van Diest).

NOTE

Formerly attributed to Hieronymous van Diest. The attribution to Coopse was first suggested in 1987 by C.J.A. Wansink of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistoriches Documentatie.