Wouwerman, Philips Philips Wouwerman 1619 Haarlem... Lot 17

Wouwerman, Philips Philips Wouwerman 1619 Haarlem - 1668 Haarlem A battle between cavalry and infantry Oil on canvas (relined). 102 x 145 cm. Monogrammed lower right: PHL (conjoined) W. Provenance Possibly A. van Lennep; His sale, Amsterdam, 24 July 1792, lot 1 (to Gildemeester); Possibly Jan Jansz. Gildemeester, Amsterdam; His sale, Amsterdam, 11 June 1800, lot 265 (to Roos); Cardinal Fesch, Rome, 1845; His sale, Rome, 17 March 1845, lot 255 (to Farrer); With W.D. Farrer, London; By whom sold to the Earl of Ellesmere in 1848; By descent to Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London; By descent to John Francis Egerton, 5th Earl of Ellesmere and 6th Duke of Sutherland, Bridgewater House, London in 1907; His sale, Christie’s, London, 18 October 1946, lot 176 (to Singer); With J. Singer, London, 1947; Private collection; Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 8 July 1981, lot 94; Private collection, New York; Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 17 January 1985, lot 107; With Heide Hübner, Würzburg and P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1985-1986. Exhibitions Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, Manchester, Museum of Ornamental Art, 5 May - 17 October 1857, no. 989. Literature John Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters, vol. I, London 1829, p. 264, no. 223; Bridgewater House catalogue, London 1851, p. 40, no. 241; Cornelis Hofstede de Groot: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth C