Josephus Augustus KNIP (Tilburg, 1777 - Berlicum, 1847) The Aqueduct of Claudius in the Roman countryside Canvas Signed and dated lower right: "İ:A: KNİP / 1819" On the stretcher two labels from the dealer Wolff and the Stedelijke Museum in Amsterdam 68.8 x 90.5 cm Provenance : - Kunsthandel M. Wolff, Amsterdam, active between 1910 and 1940 (according to a label on the stretcher with the stock number 2614). - Jacob Blaauboer (1869-1945), Bussum, in 1938 (according to a label from the Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam Historisch Museum). - His sale after death, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, May 1, 1951, no. 34. - Christie's sale, Amsterdam, October 31, 1989, n° 22. - Sale Il Ponte Casa D'aste, Milan, 21 June 2021, n° 593. A gouache by Knip representing the same view was sold in Amsterdam (Sotheby's, November 14, 2006, no. 200). Our painting is a recomposition of this landscape since the painter adds a pond with a sarcophagus and a column in the foreground while the herd disappears to make room for small groups of characters.