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Lot 121: MATTHIJS NAIVEU LEIDEN BAPT 1647 - 1726 AMSTERDAM

Est: £5,000 GBP - £7,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 09, 2004

Item Overview

Description

indistinctly signed lower left: M Nai..../...

oil on canvas

Dimensions

33 by 39.5 cm.; 13 by 15 1/2 in.

Artist or Maker

Provenance

THE PROPERTY OF A FAMILY

Scudamore Griffiths (1968-1968), Bedfont House, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, by whom bought shortly after the First World War;
Thence by descent.

Notes

Although formerly attributed to Egbert van Heemskerck, this is a typical work by Naiveu, dating from well after his move from Leiden to Amsterdam in 1678. The subject is a scene from a play or a harlequinade, as the curtains that frame the scene suggest.

Auction Details

Old Master Paintings, Part Two

by
Sotheby's
December 09, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK