Lot Essay
The Van Aalst collection included an important group of Rembrandtesque paintings, including most significantly Rembrandt's Juno (Los Angeles, Hammer Museum).
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Portrait of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rhijn, small bust-length, in a brown coat and black hat, a landscape beyond
Details
Follower of Carel Fabritius
Portrait of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rhijn, small bust-length, in a brown coat and black hat, a landscape beyond
oil on canvas
15 x 12 1/8 in. (38.1 x 30.8 cm.)
Portrait of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rhijn, small bust-length, in a brown coat and black hat, a landscape beyond
oil on canvas
15 x 12 1/8 in. (38.1 x 30.8 cm.)
Provenance
Otto Wesendonck (1815-1896), Berlin, by whom bequeathed to
The Wesendonck Trust; sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 27 November 1935, lot 85.
Dr. C.J.K. van Aalst, Hoevelaken, by 1936; Christie's, London, 1 April 1960, lot 21, as Carel Fabritius.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 11 July 1980, lot 7, as 'C. Fabritius' (to Cramer on behalf of Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. A-10).
The Wesendonck Trust; sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 27 November 1935, lot 85.
Dr. C.J.K. van Aalst, Hoevelaken, by 1936; Christie's, London, 1 April 1960, lot 21, as Carel Fabritius.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 11 July 1980, lot 7, as 'C. Fabritius' (to Cramer on behalf of Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. A-10).
Literature
W. Cohen, Provinzial Museum in Bonn. Katalog der Gemäldegalerie, 1927, as a copy of a Rembrandt self-portrait.
J.W. von Moltke, Dutch and Flemish Old Masters in the Collection of Dr. C.J.K. van Aalst, Verona, 1936, pp. XII-XIII and 124, pl. XXIX, as Carel Fabritius.
W.R. Valentiner, ed., Catalogue of Masterpieces of the World's Fair, New York, 1939, p. 58, no. 115, illustrated, as Carel Fabritius.
F.W. Robinson, Catalogue of Masterpieces of Art from Foreign Collections, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1939, p. 6, no. 13, illustrated, as Carel Fabritius.
J. O'Connor, Jr., Carnegie Magazine, Pittsburgh, March 1940, p. 291, as Carel Fabritius.
E.P. Richardson, Catalogue of Masterpieces of Art from European and American collections, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1941, p. 8, no. 19, illustrated, as Carel Fabritius.
W.H. Siple, Cincinnati Art Museum Bulletin, January 1941, p. 11, as Carel Fabritius.
J.W. von Moltke, Dutch and Flemish Old Masters in the Collection of Dr. C.J.K. van Aalst, Verona, 1936, pp. XII-XIII and 124, pl. XXIX, as Carel Fabritius.
W.R. Valentiner, ed., Catalogue of Masterpieces of the World's Fair, New York, 1939, p. 58, no. 115, illustrated, as Carel Fabritius.
F.W. Robinson, Catalogue of Masterpieces of Art from Foreign Collections, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1939, p. 6, no. 13, illustrated, as Carel Fabritius.
J. O'Connor, Jr., Carnegie Magazine, Pittsburgh, March 1940, p. 291, as Carel Fabritius.
E.P. Richardson, Catalogue of Masterpieces of Art from European and American collections, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1941, p. 8, no. 19, illustrated, as Carel Fabritius.
W.H. Siple, Cincinnati Art Museum Bulletin, January 1941, p. 11, as Carel Fabritius.
Exhibited
Provinzial Museum, Bonn, on loan from the Wesendonck Trust, until 1935, as after Rembrandt.
New York, World's Fair, Masterpieces of Art, 1939; and travelling exhibition, Saint Louis, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Newark, Toledo, Springfield, Chicago, Detroit, 1940-41, as Carel Fabritius.
New York, Duveen Galleries, Paintings by the Great Dutch Masters, 1942, no. 8, as Carel Fabritius.
New York, World's Fair, Masterpieces of Art, 1939; and travelling exhibition, Saint Louis, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Newark, Toledo, Springfield, Chicago, Detroit, 1940-41, as Carel Fabritius.
New York, Duveen Galleries, Paintings by the Great Dutch Masters, 1942, no. 8, as Carel Fabritius.
Special notice
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