Joost Cornelisz DROOCHSLOOT
Utrecht, 1585 - 1666
Stopover for riders in a village
1628
Oil on panel, 75,5 x 103,5 cm
JC.Droog Sloot.1628
Presentation
Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot or Droogsloot was a Dutch Golden age painter of village scenes, landscapes, genere pictures, moral allegories and biblical stories. The present painting is a great example of his oeuvre.
Provenance:
Maxime Renaudin collection (president of the Eastern railway company) at the beginning of the 19th century
Then by descent to his grandchildren
Private collection from the East of France
Important collection, Zurich