Wigerus Vitringa, copy after - SEASCAPE WITH SAILING SHIPS - image-1

Lot 58 Dα

Wigerus Vitringa, copy after - SEASCAPE WITH SAILING SHIPS

Auction 1008 - overview Cologne
20.03.2013, 14:30 - Paintings 15th - 19th Century
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.294 € (incl. premium)

Wigerus Vitringa, copy after

SEASCAPE WITH SAILING SHIPS

Oil on canvas (relined). 49.5 x 74.3 cm.
LB 1695 (on the sailing boat in the centre).

This marine painting was for a long time considered to be a late work by Ludolf Backhuyzen. It is actually a replica of a composition by Wigerus Vitringa, a pupil of Backhuyzen´s from Friesland.

We thank Dr. Gerlinde de Beer for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

Certificate

S. J. Gudlaugsson, RKD, The Hague, 15. January 1960 (as late work by Ludolf Backhuyzens). - Prof. Paul Hübner, Freiburg, 23. January 1960 (as Ludolf Backhuyzen).

Provenance

Privat property, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Literature

Cf. exhibtion catalogue Leeuwarden 2008: Wigerus Vitringa. De zeeschilder van Friesland. Leeuwarden 2008.