LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

41.65 in. (105.80 cm.) (height) by 30.04 in. (76.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed [or inscribed], and dated 'VAN ZELVEN 1605' (lower right)

Exhibited:

London, Grosvenor Gallery, The Second National Loan Exhibition. Woman and Child in Art, 1913-1914, no. XL, as van Zelven, Danish School.

Literature:

F. Howard, An Illustrated Catalogue of the Second National Loan Exhibition, 1913-1914: Woman and Child in Art, London, 1915, p. 98, no. LX. H. Vollmer, Allgemeines Lexikon Der Bilden Künstler von der Antike Bis zur Gegenwart Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker, Leipzig, 1947, p. 455. H. Gerson, Ausbreitung und Nachwirkung der Hollandischen Malerie des 17. Jahrhunderts, Haarlem, 1942, 2nd edition, ed., B.W. Meijer, Amsterdam, 1983, p. 460.

Provenance:

Miss Margaret Jane Ashley, Rowan House, Dorchester; (+) Christie's, London, 25 July 1913, lot 135 (125 gns. to Colnaghi). with M. Knoedler & Co, by 1913. By inheritance to the uncle of the present owner.