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Antwerp: Van Goyen Looking Out for a Subject

 (British, 1775–1851)
Date1833
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 1/8 x 48 3/8 in. (91.8 x 122.9 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1901.1.118
Collection History

Elhanan Bicknell, bought from the artist in 1844. Bicknell sale, April 25, 1863, Christie’s, Lot 97, sold for £2,635 10s to Agnew for John Heugh. Bought back by Agnew in August, 1864, and sold in November to John Graham, Skelmorlie Castle, Ayrshire. His sale, April 30, 1887, Christie’s, Lot 92, sold for £6,825 to Agnew. Sold May 2, 1887, for £7,507 10s to F.B. Henson. Bought by Agnew from Mrs. Guthrie, London, 1900. Knoedler. Frick, 1901.

Source: Paintings in The Frick Collection: American, British, Dutch, Flemish and German. Volume I. New York: The Frick Collection, 1968.

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