Antwerp: Van Goyen Looking Out for a Subject
Joseph Mallord William Turner
(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 HistoryElhanan 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.
Joseph Mallord William Turner
exhibited 1825, but subsequently dated 1826
Alexis Joseph Depaulis
dated 1795; made 19th century