Lot 81: Simon Johannes van Douw (Antwerp c. 1630-after 1677)

Simon Johannes van Douw (Antwerp c. 1630-after 1677)
An Italianate landscape with travellers gathering by a fountain amongst classical ruins
with signature 'J.Lingelb...' (lower right)
oil on canvas
121.3 x 173.5 cm.

P.C. Hämacher and C.F. Berré; Roos, Amsterdam, 30 November 1897, lot 57, as 'D. Maes'.
Eugène Peyralbe; Le Roy, Brussels, 11 April 1904, lot 31, as 'J. Lingelbach'.
Anonymous sale; M. Diederiks, The Hague, 25 January 1982, as 'Johann Heinrich Roos'.
with Busch, Mönchengladbach, 1984, as 'J. Lingelbach'.

The present picture is close in style and composition to the signed picture in the Schönborn Collection, Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden.

We are grateful to Marijke de Kinkelder of the RKD, The Hague, for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs (written communication, 22 September 2010).