Lot 171: Elegant company making music on a terrace with a sunset in the distance

Gerard Pietersz. van Zijl (Haarlem c. 1607-1665 Amsterdam)
Elegant company making music on a terrace with a sunset in the distance
oil on canvas
61.6 x 74.6 cm.

Oelde, Rathhaus, Niederländische Orginalgemälde der Zeitgenossen Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn , 30 November-17 December 1983.
Liesborn, Museum Abtei, Genrebilder , 22 September 1996-2 March 1997.
Paderborn, Städtische Galerie in der Reithalle Schloss Neuhaus, Genre- Niederländische Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts , 16 January-22 March 1998.
Mönchengladbach, Museum Schloss Rheydt; Oelde, Rathaus; Dessau, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie; and Gera, Otto Dix-Haus, Von Kavalieren, Dirnen und Quacksalbern , between 19 April 1998 and 11 January 2004.

Since 30 years in the collection of the present owner.

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Houbraken referred to van Zijl in his Groote Schouburgh of 1718-21 as 'the little van Dijck'. Van Zijl actually lived opposite the Anthonie van Dyck in London (see J.H.J. Mellaert, 'The works of G.P. van Zijl', in The Burlington Magazine , September 1922, XLV, pp. 147-8.

A W. Bernt certificate, dated 16 September 1975, is included with this lot.