LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

19.76 in. (50.20 cm.) (height) by 15.00 in. (38.10 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Hamburg, Kunsthalle, 1925, no. 248 (as Caspar Netscher); New York, New School for Social Research, March 3-17, 1946; Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Rotterdamse Meesters uit de Gouden Eeuw, October 15, 1994 - January 15, 1995, cat. no. 71; New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, The Age of Gallantry, Fine and Decorative Arts of the Netherlands 1672-1800, October 12 - November 4, 1995, pp. 20-21, no. 5, reproduced (as Adriaen van der Werff); Greenwich, Connecticut, The Bruce Museum, Pleasures of Collecting: Part I, Renaissance to Impressionist Masterpieces, September 21, 2002 - January 5, 2003, pp. 30, 95, reproduced (as Adriaen van der Werff).

Literature:

G. Hoet, Catalogus of Naamlyst van Schilderyen met derzelver pryzen zedert een lange reeks von Jaaren zoo in Holland als op andere plaatzen in het openbaar verkogt, vol I, 1752, p. 52; J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London 1833, vol. IV, no. 103 (as Adriaen van der Werff); Possibly C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters of the Seventeenth Century, Vol. V, London 1912, cat. no. 120 (as Caspar Netscher, without mention of support and with dimensions of 20 1/2 in. by 16 1/2 in.); S. J. Gudlaugsson, 'Ten onrechte aan Caspar Netscher toegeschreven schilderijen van Adriaen van der Werff, Renier de la Haye, Thomas van der Wilt, en Johannes van Haensbergen', Oud Holland 65 (1950), pp. 242, 243, 246 (as Adriaen van der Werff); B. Gaehtgens, Adriaen van der Werff, Munich 1987, pp. 203-205, cat. no. 9, reproduced, color plate 1 and p. 205 (as Adriaen van der Werff); M. E. Wieseman, Caspar Netscher and late seventeenth century Dutch painting, (Ph.D. dissertation Columbia University, New York) Ann Arbor, Michigan 1991, C59, p. 511 (as Adriaen van der Werff); N. Schadee, Rotterdamse Meesters uit de Gouden Eeuw, exhibition catalogue, Rotterdam 1994, p.246, cat. no. 71, reproduced p. 259 (as Adriaen van der Werff); M.E. Wieseman, Caspar Netscher and Late Seventeenth-Century Dutch Painting, Doornspijk 2002, no. C66, p. 351; P.C. Sutton, Pleasures of Collecting: Part I, Renaissance to Impressionist Masterpieces, Greenwich 2002, p. 30 and 95, reproduced p. 30 (as Adriaen van der Werff); W. Franits, Dutch Seventeenth-Century Genre Painting, New Haven 2004, p. 254, fig. 235 (as Adriaen van der Werff).

Provenance:

Probably Hendrik Schut, Rotterdam; His sale, Rotterdam, April 8, 1739, lot 1, for 305 guilders (as Adriaen van der Werff); Possibly Pieter van Dorp sale, Leiden, Luchtmans, October 16, 1760, lot 2 for 260 guilders (as Caspar Netscher, with no mention of support, with dimensions of 20 1/2 by 16 1/2 in.); Baron van Brienen van de Grootelindt, The Hague; His sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, May 8, 1865, lot 47 for 2,600 francs to 'Say'; With Colnaghi, London, by whom sold to; Emma Budge, New York and Hamburg; Involuntary sale of her deceased estate, Berlin, Paul Graupe, scheduled for September 27, but postponed until October 4-6, 1937, lot 6 for RM 15,000 (as Caspar Netscher); Eugene L. Garbáty, Schloss Alt-Doebern, Niederlausitz, and later Shore Haven, CT, until 1946; With Bree and van Groot, The Hague, 1958; With Leger Galleries, London, 1958 (as Constantine Netscher); With Acquavella Gallery, New York; Rudolf von Fluegge, New York; His sale, New York, William Doyle, January 25, 1984, lot 23 (as Caspar Netscher); With Richard Green Gallery, London, 1984 (as Eglon van der Neer), by whom sold to a private collector, Washington, D.C.; With Johnny van Haeften, London, 1987-1994.