Lot No. 303


Christian van Couwenbergh


Christian van Couwenbergh - Old Master Paintings

(Delft 1604–1667 Cologne)
The Laughing Fishmonger,
oil on canvas, 106 x 128 cm, framed

Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium

It has been suggested that the fish in the present composition may have been painted by Abraham van Beyeren (1620/21–1690). Another painting by Christian van Couwenbergh with a sleeping female fishmonger, probably a pendant to the present work, was sold at Sotheby’s, London, on 17 June 1996, lot 199.

Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403

old.masters@dorotheum.com

18.12.2019 - 14:00

Estimate:
EUR 12,000.- to EUR 15,000.-

Christian van Couwenbergh


(Delft 1604–1667 Cologne)
The Laughing Fishmonger,
oil on canvas, 106 x 128 cm, framed

Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium

It has been suggested that the fish in the present composition may have been painted by Abraham van Beyeren (1620/21–1690). Another painting by Christian van Couwenbergh with a sleeping female fishmonger, probably a pendant to the present work, was sold at Sotheby’s, London, on 17 June 1996, lot 199.

Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403

old.masters@dorotheum.com


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Auction: Old Master Paintings
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 18.12.2019 - 14:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 13.12. - 18.12.2019

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