Dutch 17th Century Landscape School, School of Furnerius, Circle of Abraham (Born 1628), Landscape with Farmhouse and Trees in the foreground, pen and brown ink and wash on paper, laid down onto a backing sheet and mounted to board, 5.25 x 7.5 inches. Provenance: Rifkin-Young Fine Arts, Riverdale N.Y.; The Estate of Marc and Lillian Raeff, Tenafly N. J., framed in a Dutch inspired gilded and burled wood frame measuring 18 x 20 inches. Abraham Furnerius was a pupil of Rembrandt in the early 1640s. His fellow student Samuel van Hoogstraaten wrote in 1678 that he "was later excellent in his landscapes". We know of this artist who died early on mainly landscapes influenced by the style of Rembrandt. Furnerius was the son of the surgeon and organist Johannes Furnerius. His sister Cornelia married Philips Koninck, another pupil of Rembrandt in 1641. The inventory of Maria Furnerius in 1673 mentions landscape paintings but no painting by Furnerius has been identified to this day.

In overall good condition, old losses to upper corners and top edge, as well as bottom corners, since rebacked. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A current list of shippers is listed on our website www.conceptgallery.com under “Auctions” / “Shipping” tab.