Philips WOUWERMAN (Haarlem 1619 - 1668) Battle... Lot 34

Philips WOUWERMAN (Haarlem 1619 - 1668) Battle scene for the flag Oak panel, one board, not parqueted 33.5 x 47 cm Monogrammed lower left "PW". Numbered in black stencil on reverse of panel On the reverse, an envelope with handwritten paper 1937 Provenance : John Maitland sale, London, Christie's, July 30, 1831 (£ 132 : 6s.) ; Sale J. M. Oppenheim, London, 1864 (£ 346 : 10s. acquired by Webb) ; Sale Lady Page Turner and others, London, February 21, 1903, no. 30 ; Dowdesdell & Dowdesdell, London; John Walter Bearwood Collection ; (Collection S.?), Dura Den, Beckenham, from 1920 to 1937. Handwritten letter on reverse of panel dated 26 March 1937). Bibliography : J. Smith, Supplement to the catalog raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters, London, 1842, no. 162 ("An excellent work"); C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeeth Century, vol. II, London, 1909, no. 781 (A CONFLICT OF CAVALRY FOR A STANDARD); B. Schumacher, Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668). The Horse Painter of the Golden Age, Doornspijk, 2006, vol. 1 cat.B25 (Possibly a copy from a lost original).