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Koekkoek, Barend Cornelis school or circle of
1803 Middelburg - 1862 Cleves.
Ice skating fun at the bridge ruins.
Oil on canvas, relined. Dated 1855 lower right and inscribed «B.C. Koekkoek».
H 34,5, W 46 cm (support). Elaborate frame.
The painting is a repetition of a lost oil painting on mahogany that was kept in the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts, Breslau (Boetticher No. 15). From 1845 onwards, there were numerous high-quality imitations of the atmospheric masterpieces created by the Dutch landscape painter and representative of the Kleve Romanticism in an old-masterly delicate brushstroke.
We would like to thank Mr Guido de Werd, former director of the B.C. Koekkoek Haus, Cleves, for the scientific advice based on the original, 05.10.2021.
Literature: Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts, vol. I, Hofheim a. Taunus 1974, p. 761, No. 15 (cf.).
Provenance: Leo Spik, Berlin, 1954; Leo Spik, Bad Kissingen, 1956; Nagel, Stuttgart, auction 311, 1985, lot 2360 (here as an original work); since then private collection North Baden.
Catalogue raisonné: Gorissen 55/34 (cf.).

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