Lot 20
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Provenance:
Galerie Claude Lafitte, Montreal.
Sotheby’s sale, Toronto, June 2nd 1999, lot 163.
Private Collection, Toronto.
Note:
This subject appears often and Krieghoff painted various versions. The small sapling in the foreground was used to mark the safe route across the frozen river should a blizzard suddenly occur.