Works by Koekkoek included in this catalogue
* Koekkoek Land’s End {1888} Loc? [PA]
* Koekkoek Unlading Fishing Smacks {1889} Loc? [PA]
Pre-Felton work donated by Koekkoek
Koepping after Munkácsy Le Mont de Piete {1889} NGV [ET]
The artist, a member of a family of Dutch landscapists, apparently specialized in marine views. His works regularly appear on the European auction market, generally selling for modest prices.
[comparative work by Koekkoek: Fishing boats on a rough sea 1860 (source: Artnet)]
Koekkeok also ran an art gallery and dealership in London during the 1880s and 90s, with a branch in Melbourne. Pre-Felton works acquired for the NGV through this source included:
Bennetter Naval battle 1876 {1884} NGV [PA] (possibly with Koekkoek in 1884)
Brozik The Defenestration {1890} NGV [PA]
Joanowitch The Traitor {1890} NGV [PA]
Portielje The Old Bachelor 1885 {1904} NGV [PA] (with Koekkoek in 1890, later acquired by Alfred Felton)
Webb (J.) Gloucester {1904} NGV [PA] (with Koekkoek in 1889; then purchased by Alfred Felton)
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For the Koekkoek family, see AKL 81 (2014), pp.122ff. Bénézit 7, p.1405, includes both Hermannus Kookkoek the Younger (dates as shown here) and Hermannus Kookkoek the Elder (1815-82), listing Land’s End (called “End of the Earth”) under the latter
For reproductions of other works by Koekkoek the Younger, see http://www.invaluable.com/artist/koekkoek-the-younger,-hermanus-18mr1z4gjj/sold-at-auction-prices/; and for the work reproduced above, see http://www.artnet.com/artists/hermanus-koekkoek-the-younger/fishing-boats-on-a-rough-sea-FfPO7zXyVFgKJDPg0mnL7A2 (auction details only available to subscribers)