Wooded Landscape with Distant Village

Other title(s)	An extensive Wooded Landscape with a Distant Farm Boslandschap met vergezicht Extensive Wooded Landscape with Distant Farm Landscape with Trees and a Distant View Landschap Landschap met bomen en in de verte een boerderij Wooded Landscape with Farm
Category	drawings
Support	paper
Medium	chalk, pen, wash
Composition	horizontal
Dimensions	29,5 x 48,5 cm
Location	private collection

Last attribution known	LDV
Geeroms	authenticated
Work seen	no
Our assessment	uncertain

Possessor(s)

Dowland, K.

Sharp, W. ( United Kingdom )

Wolf, E.

von Guttman

Normand, A. ( France )

Normand, N. ( France )

Public auction(s)

15/11/1983 - Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, no. 242 (as LDV)
13/01/1988 - New York, Sotheby's (New York), no. 108 (as LDV)
10/12/1991 - London, Christie's (London), no. 235 (as LDV)

Bibliography

GEEROMS, L., Lodewijk De Vadder (1605-1655), Ghent, 1985, p. 226, G-4, ill. 151

BENEZIT, Dictionary of Artists, 13, Paris, 2006, p. 1398

Comment

The reference to a signature « Vadder » mentioned in the catalog of the 1983 auction does no longer appear in the catalogs of the 1988 and 1991 auctions and such signature or annotation does not appear on the drawing of the present possessor.