LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

24.37 in. (61.90 cm.) (height) by 18.62 in. (47.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

indistinctly signed and dated upper right:..t 1642

Literature:

"Verzeichniss der Gemälde in der Grossherzoglichen Sammlung zu Oldenburg", in . Des Meisters Gemälde , 1871, cat. no. 167, p. 64 reproduced;. W. Bode and C. Hofstede de Groot,. The complete work of Rembrandt , Paris 1897, vol. II, p. 160, cat. no. 140, reproduced ("Painted about 1632"."The signature,. Rembrandt 1648 , is a forgery"; as Rembrandt, but as formerly ascribed to J. Lievens);. A. Rosenberg and W.R. Valentiner,. Rembrandt (Klassiker der Kunst) , Stuttgart/Berlin 1908, p. 119, reproduced (as Rembrandt);. C. Hofstede de Groot,. A catalogue raisonné. ., London 1916, p. 222-223, cat. no. 416 (as Rembrandt);. A. Donath, "Alte Meister aus Berliner Privatbesitz: Die Ausstellung in der Akademie", in. Der Kunstwanderer , 7 (1925), 1/2. Augustheft, pp. 422-424;. A. Bredius,. Rembrandt Gemälde , Vienna 1935, cat. no. 151, reproduced (as doubtful Rembrandt: 'nicht durchaus gesichert');. J. Rosenberg,. Rembrandt: life and work , London 1964, p. 371 (as not by Rembrandt, having seen the original);. K. Bauch,. Rembrandt Gemälde , London 1966, p. 47 (as Manner of Solmon Koninck);. A. Bredius (revised by H. Gerson),. Rembrandt , London 1969, p. 536, reproduced (as not by Rembrandt);. W. Sumowski,. Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler , vol. II, Landau/Pfalz 1983, p. 1035, under cat. no. 678 (as Flinck

Provenance:

Possibly the Abbé Demeé/ Du Meé/ Demié;. Possibly his (deceased) sale, Paris, Joullain, 11 June 1772, lot 13 (". Le portrait en buste d'un vieillard, vu de trois quarts, il a une barbe courte, un petit bonnet sur la tête, & est decoré d'une chaîne d'où pend une médaille; ce Portrait est peint sur bois.. en 1631, de son meilleur temps..," 22 pouces 6 par 18 ) where sold for 600 francs;. Gemäldegalerie, Früher Oldenburg, by 1897, no. 195 (one of the early possessions of the gallery, according to Bode, see under Literature);. Victor Hahn Collection, Berlin;. His sale, Berlin, Herman Ball and Paul Graupe, 27 June 1932, lot 16;. Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 19 July 1973, lot 162;. Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 April 2006, lot 42;. There purchased by the present collector