17th-century panoramic landscape made by Anthonie Jansz. Van der Croost

17th-century paintings are usually unsigned. That makes it difficult to find out who the maker is. When a certain theme or painting style sold well, it was quickly taken over by fellow painters. This makes it difficult to attribute a painting to a specific painter based on style elements. Yet some paintings bear traces of what can be called a 'signature'; typical elements characteristic of one painter. The Hague painter Anthonie Jansz. van der Croost, Jan van Goyen 's neighbor, painted the work. 

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More information about the discovery of this painting can be read in an article published by the Dutch Fine Arts Magazine Tableau.

 

The artwork has been sold. Photo: Han Boersma