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Lot description
Pieter de Bloot, Dutch 1601-1658- A landscape with soldiers on a path; oil on panel, signed and dated 'P De Bloot / 1644' (lower right), 44.3 x 39.2 cm. Provenance: Deschaux, Paris, 1929. The Collection of the Earl of Bradford, sale, Christie's, London, 18 December 1980, lot 160. The Collection of Alexandra Trevor-Roper, sale, Christie's, London, 30 October 1987, lot 8. Private Collection, Jersey. Private Collection, UK. Literature: A. Bredius, 'Die Meisterwerke des Rijksmuseums', 1887. P. Haverkorn van Rijsewijk, 'Pieter de Bloot', Oud Holland, IX, p. 62-68, 1891. P. Haverkorn van Rijsewijk, 'Pieter de Bloot', in Thieme-Becker, Band IV, p.138, Leipzig 1910. A.v. Wurzbach, 'Pieter de Bloot', in Niederländ, Künstler-Lexicon, Band I, p.118, Amsterdam 1963. World Art, Munich, 1 November 1976 (illustrated). Note: De Bloot was a versatile painter, who was celebrated for his tavern scenes as well as his landscapes. The present work features figures on a path who are dwarfed by the trees which soar above them, and a charming scene of peasants playing cards on the wooded hillside at the right-hand side. This work recalls similar paintings by the artist, including those which sold at Christie's, Amsterdam, on 10 October 2023, lot 52 (€10,710), and at im Kinsky, Vienna, on 23 October 2018, lot 4 (€12,000 hammer).