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Circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599-1641 London)
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Adriaen Brouwer
Details
Circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599-1641 London)
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Adriaen Brouwer
oil on irregular canvas or paper set into a rectangular canvas
22 x 17 7/8 in. (55.9 x 45.4 cm.)
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Adriaen Brouwer
oil on irregular canvas or paper set into a rectangular canvas
22 x 17 7/8 in. (55.9 x 45.4 cm.)
Provenance
Alexander Tritsch, Vienna (purchased through Fr. Schartz, Vienna, from an English dealer).
The Margrave Pallavicini, Stübichhofen Schloss, Styria; Knight, Frank & Rutley, London, 27 May 1927, lot 22, as 'Portrait of Adriaen Brouwer by Sir Anthony van Dyck'.
M. Lindemann, Vienna.
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
with Scott & Fowles, New York, by 1933.
Anonymous sale; Perke-Bernet, New York, 28 March 1946, lot 71, as 'Sir Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of Adriaen Brouwer'.
The Margrave Pallavicini, Stübichhofen Schloss, Styria; Knight, Frank & Rutley, London, 27 May 1927, lot 22, as 'Portrait of Adriaen Brouwer by Sir Anthony van Dyck'.
M. Lindemann, Vienna.
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
with Scott & Fowles, New York, by 1933.
Anonymous sale; Perke-Bernet, New York, 28 March 1946, lot 71, as 'Sir Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of Adriaen Brouwer'.
Literature
G. Glück, Niederländischen Gemälde aus der Sammlung des Herrn Alexander Tritsch, Vienna, 1907, pp. 32, 34 and 44, illustrated, as 'Sir Anthony van Dyck'.
F. Schmidt-Degener, Adriaen Brouwer et Son Evolution Artistique, Brussels, 1908, p. 50, as a portrait of Adriaen Brouwer by van Dyck and accepts this painting as the source for Schelte à Bolswert's print for the Iconographie.
E. Schaeffer, Van Dyck: Des Meisters Gemälde, Klassiker der Kunst Gesamtausgaben, Stuttgart, 1909, p. 278 and 508, illustrated, as 'Anthony van Dyck'.
W. Bode, Adriaen Brouwer, Berlin, 1924, no. 24, note. 1, where both the identification of the sitter and the attribution to van Dyck are rejected.
H. Schneider for M.J. Friedländer, Bildnisse des Adriaen Brouwer, Liepzig, 1927, pp. 150 and 152, no. 3, illustrated, as 'Anthony van Dyck'.
W.G. Glück, Van Dyck: Des Meisters Gemälde, Stuttgart, 1931, pp. 356 and 558, illustrated left, as 'Portrait of Adriaen Brouwer by Sir Anthony van Dyck' and as 'perhaps originally painted on paper'.
(Possibly) M. Mauquoy-Hendrickx, L'Iconographie d'Antoine van Dyck, 1956, I, p. 184, no. 21.
E. Larsen, The Paintings of Anthony van Dyck, Freren, 1988, II, pp. 194-5, no. 485, illustrated, as 'van Dyck, The painter Adriaen Brouwer (?)' and as 'perhaps original painted on reddish paper'.
S. Barnes, N. de Poorter, et. al., Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of Paintings, Yale, 2004, p. 366, no. III.146, as 'certainly not by Van Dyck and probably not of Brouwer'.
F. Schmidt-Degener, Adriaen Brouwer et Son Evolution Artistique, Brussels, 1908, p. 50, as a portrait of Adriaen Brouwer by van Dyck and accepts this painting as the source for Schelte à Bolswert's print for the Iconographie.
E. Schaeffer, Van Dyck: Des Meisters Gemälde, Klassiker der Kunst Gesamtausgaben, Stuttgart, 1909, p. 278 and 508, illustrated, as 'Anthony van Dyck'.
W. Bode, Adriaen Brouwer, Berlin, 1924, no. 24, note. 1, where both the identification of the sitter and the attribution to van Dyck are rejected.
H. Schneider for M.J. Friedländer, Bildnisse des Adriaen Brouwer, Liepzig, 1927, pp. 150 and 152, no. 3, illustrated, as 'Anthony van Dyck'.
W.G. Glück, Van Dyck: Des Meisters Gemälde, Stuttgart, 1931, pp. 356 and 558, illustrated left, as 'Portrait of Adriaen Brouwer by Sir Anthony van Dyck' and as 'perhaps originally painted on paper'.
(Possibly) M. Mauquoy-Hendrickx, L'Iconographie d'Antoine van Dyck, 1956, I, p. 184, no. 21.
E. Larsen, The Paintings of Anthony van Dyck, Freren, 1988, II, pp. 194-5, no. 485, illustrated, as 'van Dyck, The painter Adriaen Brouwer (?)' and as 'perhaps original painted on reddish paper'.
S. Barnes, N. de Poorter, et. al., Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of Paintings, Yale, 2004, p. 366, no. III.146, as 'certainly not by Van Dyck and probably not of Brouwer'.
Exhibited
Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, as 'Portrait of Adriaen Brouwer by Sir Anthony van Dyck'.