Jacob van der Croos (The Hague 1632-circa 1690 Middelburg or Amsterdam)A landscape with ruins and two figures resting in the foregroundsigned and dated 'IVCROOS/ 1655' (lower right)oil on panel48x 64.7cm(18 7/8x 25 1/2in).For further information on this lot please visit theArtist or Maker: Jacob van der Croos (The Hague 1632-circa 1690 Middelburg or Amsterdam)Provenance: ProvenanceThe Collection of Lucius O'Callaghan by whom offeredSale, Christie's, London, 12 October 1956, lot 20 (bt Vanderkar 55.8.0)Sale, Van Ham, Cologne, 23 October 1968, lot 20 (as A.J v.d. Croos)LiteratureH-U. Beck,Künstler um Jan van Goyen: Maler und Zeichner, Doornspijk, 1991, p 112, cat. no. 286, ill. p. 112