Isaac De Moucheron

Isaac de Moucheron (Amsterdam 1667/70–1744) A park landscaoe with buildings and figural groups, signed lower right: I. Moucheron, oil on canvas, 52.5 x 62.5 cm, framed Provenance: collection of Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford (1825– 1914) Isaac de Moucheron was known for his Arcadian landscapes and idealised parkland views in the Italian style, which he had come to know during his stay in Italy between 1694 and 1697.

Isaac de Moucheron (Amsterdam 1667-1744) A hunting party beside a fountain; and Elegant company beside a fountain with hounds drinking water the former signed 'I. Moucheron' (lower right) oil on canvas 27¼ x 37 in. (69.3 x 94 cm.) a pair (2) Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 October 1979, lot 130.

Isaac de Moucheron (Amsterdam 1667-1744) A view of the Vatican, Rome, with the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica, from the Janiculum signed 'I d Moucheron fecit' (lower centre) oil on canvas 16¾ x 22¾ in. (42.5 x 57.8 cm.) Rev. J. Allen-Jones, Llanyblodwch Vicarage, Oswestry; (+) Christie's, London, 19 February 1937, lot 3, as 'Berckheyde' (7 gns. to Tar[?]ggi). This rare and unpublished view of the Vatican by Isaac de Moucheron is one of only eight known paintings of Rome by the artist, including another view of Saint Peter's, four views along the banks of the Tiber and two panoramic views of the city (N. Wedde, Isaac de Moucheron (1667-1744), Frankfurt am Main, 1996, pp. 429-31, nos. P1-P7). De Moucheron was in Italy between c. 1695 and c. 1697, after his apprenticeship in Amsterdam with his father, Frederik. He worked mainly in Rome, specialising in vedute, which show the influence of his countryman, Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli, who was first recorded in Rome in 1675. De Moucheron made numerous en plein air sketches during his stay in Rome. He later worked these up into finished, signed drawings, which he used in preparation for his paintings. Both an 'in situ' sketch of the Vatican from this angle (but taken from a greater distance) and a worked up drawing of almost the same design as this painting survive (ibid., p. 226, no. D16 and p. 223, no. D10 respectively; see fig. 1). The worked up drawing has been dated by Zwollo to c. 1708 on the basis of stylistic comparison with a dated drawing in Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Möller (A. Zwollo, Hollandse en Vlaamse veduteschilders te Rome (1675-1725), Assen, 1973, p. 47).

Isaac de Moucheron (Amsterdam 1667-1744) An Italianate landscape with a rider watering his horse, and other figures, after Gaspard Dughet signed 'Moucheron Fecit' black chalk, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white, unframed 8 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (22.6 x 28.4 cm.) Herman de Kat; D. Lamme, Rotterdam, 4-8 March 1867, either part of lot 181 ('Deux paysages historiques, aquarelles') or part of lot 182 ('Deux paysages, aquarelles'). N.D. Goldsmid (L. 1962); Drouot, Paris, 25-27 April 1876, lot 124 (one of two watercolours described as after Poussin). Anonymous sale; Drouot, Paris, 14 June 1974, lot 21. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 17 November 1993, lot 95, where purchased by C. Greenberg, and by descent to the present owner. N. Wedde, Isaac de Moucheron (1667-1744): His Life and Works with a Catalogue Raisonné of his Drawings, Watercolours, Paintings & Etchings, Frankfurt, 1996, I, p. 358, no. W49; II, pl. 126. A copy, with slight changes, of the picture at Chatsworth (inv. 153; M.-N. Boisclair, Gaspard Dughet: étude de sa vie et de son oeuvre, Paris, 1986, no. 412, fig. 448).

Isaac de Moucheron (Amsterdam 1667-1744) View of an Italianate villa and its garden, a bay beyond signed and dated 'Moucheron. Fecit. 1739' pen and brown ink, watercolour, indistinct watermark,unframed 7¼ x 11 in. (18.5 x 27.6 cm.) Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 13 November 1996, lot198, where purchased by C. Greenberg, and by descent to the present owner.