Details
George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923)
Rustende cavalerie: cavalry at rest on the Beeklaan, Loosduinen
signed 'G.H. Breitner' (lower left)
oil on canvas
60 x 100 cm.
Painted in 1885.
Provenance
Mr. A.L. Koster, 's-Heerenberg, 1901.
Anonymous sale, A. Mak, Amsterdam, 15 April 1924, lot 23, as: Rustende cavalerie (f. 2000).
Mr. Camphuis.
Anonymous sale, A. Mak, Amsterdam, 4 November 1924, lot 30.
Anonymous sale, A. Mak, Amsterdam, 13 February 1934.
Kunsthandel Sala, The Hague, 1940.
Mr. W. Hoos, The Hague.
Kunsthandel Kupperman, Amsterdam, circa 2000, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Anonymous, 'Geillustreerde kunstagenda', in: Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift, vol. 50, Part 99, January-July 1940, p. 80, ill..
A.M. Hammacher, Amsterdamsche Impressionisten en hun Kring, Amsterdam 1941, ill.no. 32 b.
P.H. Hefting, G.H. Breitner in zijn Haagse tijd, Utrecht 1970, cat.no. 89, ill., as: Halte der Artillerie (Rustende Cavallerie).
Adriaan Venema, G.H. Breitner, 1857-1923, Bussum 1981, cat.no. 93, p. 97, ill., as: Halte der artillerie (where dated 1885).
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, G.H. Breitner, November-December 1901, cat.no. 92, as: Halte der cavalerie.
Amsterdam, Tentoonstelling Haagse Kunstkring, 1924, cat.no. 66.
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Jubileumtentoonstelling Haagsche Kunstkring, 3 May-1 June 1941, cat.no. 14.
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum (on loan from the heirs of Mr. W. Hoos from 1957-after 1970).
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