LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

15.35 in. (39.00 cm.) (height) by 12.60 in. (32.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with signature 'GDov' (lower right)

Exhibited:

London, British Gallery, 1821, no. 821.

Literature:

(Possibly) J. B. Descamps, La Vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandais, Paris, 1753-1765, II, 225. C. Davis, A Description of the Works of Art Forming the Collection of Alfred de Rothschild, London, 1884, I, no. 13. W. Martin, Het leven en de werken van Gerrit Dou, Leiden, 1901, no. 301a. W. Martin, Gérard Dou, sa vie et son oeuvre: étude sur la peinture hollandaise et les marchands au dix-septéime siècle, trans. L. Dimier, Paris, 1911, no. 163. J. Smith, A catalogue raisonné.., London, 1829, I, p.45, no. 45. C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné.., London, 1907-1927, I, sect. III, no. 133, pp. 389-390. W. Martin, Gerard Dou, Klassiker der Kunst in gesamtausgaben, Stuttgart, 1913, p. 98. C.J. de Bruyn Kops, 'De Amsterdamse verzamelaar Jan Gildemeester Jansz,' Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, no. 3, 1965, pp. 82, 84. R. Baer, The Paintings of Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), Ph.D. dissertation, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1990, II, p. 6, no. B6, III, fig. B6. R. Baer, Gerrit Dou 1613-1675: master painter in the age of Rembrandt, Washington, 2000, p. 142, under note 1.

Provenance:

(Possibly) James Duke of Chandos; (+), sale, Christopher Cock, London, 8 May 1747, lot 171 (£50.10). (Possibly) Maréchal d'Issenghien, Paris, 1754 (according to Descamps). J. Gildemeester Jansz., Amsterdam, by 1789; (+), sale, Philippe van der Schley, Amsterdam, 11 June 1800, lot 34 (975 florins to La Bouchere). (Probably) Pierre César Labouchère, Amsterdam. William Wells of Redleaf, London, by 1829; (+), Christie's, London, 12 May 1848, lot 110 (bought back by the Wells family for 340 gns.). Earl of Northbrook (according to Hofstede de Groot). Alfred de Rothschild, London, by 1884. with Agnew's, London, 1907, from whom purchased by. George J. Gould, New York. with Duveen Brothers, New York, where acquired by the family of the present owners in 1927.