Lot 83: Jacob Elias la Fargue (Voorburg 1738-after 1778?)

Jacob Elias la Fargue (Voorburg 1738-after 1778?)
The 'Koorn Moole Buiten Den Lijtsen Dam'
signed and dated 'J.E. la Fargue, 1756' (lower left)
oil on canvas
52.3 x 63.7 cm.

The Hague, Haagse stadsgezichten 1550-1800. Topografische schilderijen van het Haags Historisch Museum, 1991-2, no. 42, p. 47, fig. 56.
The Hague, Meesters en Molens. Van Rembrandt tot Mondriaan, 2007, no. 71.

G. Hoet, Catalogus of naamlyst van schilderyen, The Hague, 1770, p. 234, no 186.

Gerard Hoet, The Hague, before 1760, with pendant.
Anonymous sale; G.C. Blanken, The Hague, 25 August 1760, lot 196, as J.E. la Fargue (Dfl. 31 to van Baalen).
Anonymous sale; Bosboom, The Hague, 4 June 1800, lot 64, as J.E. la Fargue (Dfl. 5.5 to Rigters).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 August 1973, lot 227.

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