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Johannes Gijsbertus van Ravenswaay - Shepherds Resting by a Tree in the Evening Sun

Auction 1231 - overview Cologne
18.11.2023, 11:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century, Part I
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 6.300 € (incl. premium)

Johannes Gijsbertus van Ravenswaay

Shepherds Resting by a Tree in the Evening Sun

Oil on canvas (relined). 106 x 92 cm.
Signed and dated lower centre: Jan. v Ravenswaay Gz f 43.

Born in Hilversum, Johannes Gijsbertus van Ravenswaay specialised in painting summer and winter landscapes with animals and forest views under the guidance of his uncle Jan van Ravenswaay. He undertook several study trips to Germany, where he died in Boppard at the age of just 34.

Provenance

Dorotheum, Vienna, 17 April 1996, lot 423.

Literature

Peter Carpeau u.a.: Een Romantische Kijk, Brussels, 2011, p.. 97, no. 41. - Guido de Werd: A Romantic Journey, Masterpieces from the Rademakers Collection, Eindhoven, 2014, p. 106, no. 82 (34).

Exhibitions

Saint Petersburg, Hermitage / The Hague, Gemeetemuseum / Leuven, M-Musuem / Kleve, B.C. Koekkoek-Haus / Tallinn, Kumu Kunstimuuseum / Sinebrychoff Art Museum / Riga, Art Musuem Riga Bourse / Prague, National Gallery, Salmovsky Palace: A Romantic View, 29 October 2010 - 1 September 2013, no. 41. - Luxemburg, Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art / 's-Hertogenbosch, Het Nordbrabants Museum: A Romantic Journey, 3 April 2014 - 25 January 2015, no. 82 (34),