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Joseph sold into slavery
Details
Cornelis van Poelenburgh (Utrecht 1594/95-1667)
Joseph sold into slavery
oil on copper
13¾ x 17 7/8 in. (34.7 x 45.3 cm.)
Joseph sold into slavery
oil on copper
13¾ x 17 7/8 in. (34.7 x 45.3 cm.)
Provenance
The present lot is probably identifiable with the painting sold at the Laprade sale, Paris, 19 April 1770, lot 24 ('Bartholomé Breenburgh, Joseph vendu par ses frères à des marchands Ismaélites, cette composition est le 15 figures, dont dix de 4 pouces de hauteur; des rochers, du paysage et des montagnes enrichissent le fond de ce tableau, qui est d'une couleur fraiche et transparent: Il est peint sur cuivre et porte 13 pouces de haut, sur 16 pouces de large' [1,300 francs to Menagot]).
Samuel Hammond, 1872 (according to an inscription on the reverse).
Probably the same painting in the Robert Flemming Crooks sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 April 1933, lot 37, as Poelenburgh.
Samuel Hammond, 1872 (according to an inscription on the reverse).
Probably the same painting in the Robert Flemming Crooks sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 April 1933, lot 37, as Poelenburgh.
Sale room notice
The Laprede sale as stated in the provenance for this painting was in 1776 not 1770.