Cornelis van Poelenburgh
(Utrecht 1594/5-1667)

Bathers in an Italianate Landscape with Ruins
oil on panel
9 by 11 3/8 in. (22.9 by 28.9 cm.)

Signed with monogram (lower center). An engraving by H. Guttenberg showing this composition in reverse and citing the Poullain provenance is in The Witt Library, London.

PROVENANCE:

This painting may be identifiable with a work formally in the collection of Monsieur Poullain, Paris, which was sold in Paris on March 17, 1780, no. 25, as the first of a pair.