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Adriaen Cornelisz Beeldemaker - Landscape with Hunting Dogs

Auction 1046 - overview Cologne
18.03.2015, 14:30 - Paintings and Drawings 15th - 19th Centuries
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €

Adriaen Cornelisz Beeldemaker

Landscape with Hunting Dogs

Oil on canvas (relined). 45.5 x 59.5 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: ABeeldemaker 1698 (AB ligatured).

Beeldemaker was born in Rotterdam but went on to work in Leiden, Dordrecht and finally the Hague. Alongside numerous portraits, he mainly painted hunting scenes, which were characterised by their fine depictions of animals. He was especially skilled in painting dogs, showing them in lively and naturalistic poses and attitudes.

Certificate

Walther Bernt, Munich, January 1979.