Lot 36: Joris van der Haagen , Dordrecht circa 1615 - 1669 The Hague A Marshland Clearing with Peasants and Cattle, rising hills beyond oil on canvas

possible traces of signature on the tree trunk lower left oil on canvas

measurements note 44 1/4 by 60 1/4 in.; 112.4 by 153 cm.

Probably J.K. van der Haagen, De schilders van der Haagen en hun werk, met catalogus van de schilderijen en tekeningen van Joris van der Haagen, Voorburg 1932, p. 113, nr. 235 or p. 114, nr. 240;
Probably E. Hinterding and F. Horsch, "A small but choice collection": the art gallery of King Willem II of the Netherlands (1792-1849', in Simiolus, XIX, 1989, p. 90.

Probably, sale, Amsterdam, August 2, 1828, lot 46 ('A landscape with high trees and water, as by Jorin van der Haagen, fishermen and cattle by Adriaan van de Velde'), for Dfl. 81 to Hartsen;
Probably King Willem II of The Netherlands;
His sale, The Hague, August 12, 1850, lot 104 ('A Woody Landscape. Some figures in the foreground and on the other side of the brook cows and sheep', canvas, 112 x 147 cm, as by Joris van der Haagen), for Dfl. 195 to Hoare;
By whom sold, London, London, July 5, 1851, lot 229.

It is for impressive woodland scenes such as the present picture that Joris Van Der Haagen was best known. He rarely painted the staffage in his paintings which was usually contributed by Adriaen van de Velde, Ludolf de Jongh, Nicolaes Berchem or by Jan Asselijn as has been suggested for the figures and cattle of the present painting. The description and size of this picture appear to correspond very closely with a landscape by van der Haagen listed in the collection of King Willem II of the Netherlands, and seems likely to be the same picture. We are grateful to Frits Duparc for making this attribution, on the basis of photographs, and for his help with the cataloguing this lot.