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Lot 38

Attributed to Abraham Pietersz. van Calraet
(Dordrecht 1642-1722)
A barn interior with a milkmaid and cattle

8 December 2016, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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Attributed to Abraham Pietersz. van Calraet (Dordrecht 1642-1722)

A barn interior with a milkmaid and cattle
oil on panel
28.8 x 39.9cm (11 5/16 x 15 11/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
The Collection of F. Kleinberger, Paris
The Collection of L. Nardus, Suresnes
Sale, Muller, Amsterdam, June 1909, lot 3
Sale, Sainte Gudule, Brussels, 10-11 May 1922, lot 22
Sale, Fievez, Brussels, 30 April 1947, lot 21
Sale, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 11-12 October 1955, lot 138

Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London, 1907, vol. II, p. 224, cat. no. 757

The technique and composition of the present panel may be compared to three works by Abraham Calraet in particular: A shepherd and shepherdess with sheep and a copper jug in a stable interior (signed with monogram 'A.C.', on panel, Christie's Amsterdam, 14 July 2002, lot 143); A butcher with a bull (on panel, 32.4 x 44.2 cm., Christie's London, 5 July, 1991, lot 320); and A prize bull being paraded in a town square (Christie's New York, 18 May 1994, lot 35).

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