3267
ten Cate, Hendrik Gerrit
1803 Amsterdam - 1856 ibid.
Ice skaters at a village church.
Oil on panel, partly cradled. Signed lower left.
H 60, W 84 cm (support). Original frame.
City views in romantic moonlight are the specialty of the Dutch painter Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate. He also painted marine subjects and winter landscapes with precisely worked out figural staffages and geographically accurate reproductions of landscapes and buildings. Ten Cate's works can be found among others in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and in the Museum Boijmanns van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
Authentication: We would like to thank Dr. Fred G. Meijer, expert on Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th century, Amsterdam, for the authentication via E-Mail, based on photos, 26.08.2022.
Provenance: according to the consignor formerly Galerie Karl Cohnen, Mönchengladbach; purchased at Collection K.W.D. Gratama, Heemstede, in 1977; since then private collection Mönchengladbach in second generation.

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