LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

29.92 in. (76.00 cm.) (height) by 24.21 in. (61.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

indistinctly signed lower right: I.V

Exhibited:

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Tentoonstelling van Oude Kunst, 1929, no. 1302 (as Jacob Backer); On long term loan to the Prince Willem V Gallery, The Hague unitl 2005.

Literature:

J.W. Von Moltke, Govaert Flinck, Amsterdam 1965, p. 238, no. 59, reproduced (as probably by Jürgen Ovens);; G. Schlüter-Göttsche, 'Das Gemälde der Auferstehung Christi von Jürgen Ovens aus dem Cassius-Altar. Ehemals Michaelskirche Eutin' in Nordelbingen: Beiträge zur Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, 1971, vol. 40, p. 88, reproduced no. 10 (as by Jürgen Ovens);; G. Schlüter-Göttsche, Jürgen Ovens, Hollstein 1978, p. 33, reproduced no. 41 (as by Jürgen Ovens);; W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, vol. I, Landau 1983, pp.140, 143 note 75, reproduced p. 181 (as by Jan van Noordt); vol. V, Landau 1983, p. 3112 under no. 2144; vol. VI, Landau 1983, p. 3737 under no. 2403a;; W. Sumowski, 'Paintings by Jan van Noordt' in The Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury, vol. 3, 1986, pp. 27, 36 note 33 (as by Jan van Noordt);; Old Master Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue, The Hague 1992, p. 227, reproduced (as Jan van Noordt);; D.A de Witt, Jan van Noordt, Montreal 2007, pp. 254-255, no. R44, reproduce (under rejected attributions, as tentatively attributed to Jürgen Ovens and possibly of his wife Maria).; Now accepted unreservedly by David de Witt as Jan van Noordt (see below).

Provenance:

With Joseph M. Morpurgo, Amsterdam, 1929;; H.P. Doodeheefver, Amsterdam, probably acquired from the above in 1941/2 when the dealership was under the forced administration of the Verwalter Jansen;; With M. de Ridder, Haarlem, by whom sold on 13 January 1944 to an agent for the collection of the proposed Führermuseum in Linz;; Returned to the Instituut Collectie Nederland, inv. no. NK 1742;; On long-term loan to the Prince Willem V Gallery, The Hague until 2005;; Restituted to the heirs of Joseph M. Morpurgo in 2007;; From whom acquired by the present owner.