Klaes Molenaer
(Haarlem 1630–1676)
Skaters on the ice near an Inn,
indistinctly signed on the wall of the inn centre right: k molenaer,
oil on panel, 34.5 x 47.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private collection, The Netherlands
The present charming winter scene, with a dilapidated tavern on the right, tradesmen pushing sledges, and skaters to the left upon the frozen river snaking off into the background, is characteristic of the hand of Klaes Molenaer. The artist was the brother of fellow painter Jan Miense Molenaer (1610–1668) and painted many such scenes, of which the present picture is but one, of snow covered buildings and heavily swaddled figures, a testament to the so-called ‘Little Ice Age’ of the seventeenth Century. He was made a master of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1651. The influence of the fellow Haarlem landscapist Jacob van Ruisdael, particularly in the realistic use of low horizons, can be seen in Klaes Molenaer’s works.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at
03.05.2023 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 13,000.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 12,000.- to EUR 18,000.-
Klaes Molenaer
(Haarlem 1630–1676)
Skaters on the ice near an Inn,
indistinctly signed on the wall of the inn centre right: k molenaer,
oil on panel, 34.5 x 47.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private collection, The Netherlands
The present charming winter scene, with a dilapidated tavern on the right, tradesmen pushing sledges, and skaters to the left upon the frozen river snaking off into the background, is characteristic of the hand of Klaes Molenaer. The artist was the brother of fellow painter Jan Miense Molenaer (1610–1668) and painted many such scenes, of which the present picture is but one, of snow covered buildings and heavily swaddled figures, a testament to the so-called ‘Little Ice Age’ of the seventeenth Century. He was made a master of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1651. The influence of the fellow Haarlem landscapist Jacob van Ruisdael, particularly in the realistic use of low horizons, can be seen in Klaes Molenaer’s works.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 03.05.2023 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 22.04. - 03.05.2023 |
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