Lot 48: Jan Looten , Amsterdam 1618 - circa 1681 London A view of a village in a forest landscape, with an inn on the banks of a river and figures bathing on the left, other figures on a path, a church tower beyond oil on canvas

bears initials lower right: D.V.H oil on canvas

measurements note 107 by 127.2 cm.

Dr. L.D. van Hendel, Arnhem;
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, De Zon, 22 June 1965, lot 5451 (as D.V.H...).

Although this painting had been traditionally attributed to Daniël van Heil, also known as the monogrammist D.V.H., due to the somewhat illegable monogram lower right, it was Marijke de Kinkelder of the R.K.D., The Hague, who rightly identified it as a late work by Jan Looten, painted when the artist was in England. Compare for instance a work sold, Munich, Neumeister, 14 September 1988, lot 489, which shows a similar composition and rendering of figures and trees.