Lot 137: Johannes Schoeff (1608-1666)

A river landscape with fishermen in rowing boats signed and dated '1647' (lower left) oil on panel 59.1 x 80.8 cm. PROVENANCE Anon. Sale, Heberle, Cologne, 5 November 1901, lot 62, as Salomon van Ruysdael. W. Bachofen, Basel, October 1968. Anon. Sale, Koller, Zrich, 17 November 1972, lot 3238 (29.000 sfr). LITERATURE H.-U. Beck, Knstler um Jan van Goyen, IV, 1991, p. 396, no. 115, illustrated. NOTES Sold with certificates by Dr. Walther Bernt, one dated 1 August 1972, the other 30 January 1973. SALESROOM NOTICE Please note that the picture is not signed and dated. The panel bears a indistinct monogram 'V'(?) 'G'(?) lower right.