Bidspirit auction | Claes Jacobsz van der Heck

Claes Jacobsz van der Heck (1575/81-1652), 'Mountainous landscape with figures and castle in the background' - Claes Jacobsz van der Heck (1575/81-1652), 'Mountainous landscape with figures and castle in the background' With an added signature and date on the rock at lower right: AElsheimer / 1602 (AE in ligature). Included in the RKD database: https://rkd.nl/images/103932  & https://rkd.nl/imageslite/159175 & https://rkd.nl/imageslite/159176. Literature: N.N., 'Verzameling Hofstede de Groot in het Gemeente-museum', in: Het Vaderland, Vol. LXII, 15.08.1930, Avondblad C, p. 1; N.N., 'Verzameling dr. C. Hofstede de Groot', in: Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, 18.08.1930, Vol. LIII, Vierde Blad, p. 2; Heinrich Weizsäcker, Adam Elsheimer: der Maler von Frankfurt, Berlin 1936-52, Vol. II (1936), p. 62, no. 61, as by P. Schoubroeck. Exhibited: The Hague, Gemeente Museum, 16.08-16.09.1930, 'Verzameling Dr. C. Hofstede de Groot : III. Schilderijen, teekeningen en kunstnijverheid', cat. by H.E. van Gelder, no. 2, as by 'A. Elsheimer’. See the introduction at the front of our printed auction catalog for an elaborate attribution history and an explanation of the current attribution. Oil on panel, 42 x 64,5 cm.