Lot Essay
A W. Bernt certificate, dated 1 June 1974, is included with this lot.
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A couple embracing, a procuress asleep nearby
Details
Jacob Toorenvliet (Leiden 1640-1719 Oegstgeest)
A couple embracing, a procuress asleep nearby
signed 'JToornvliet fe' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39.4 x 32.5 cm.
A couple embracing, a procuress asleep nearby
signed 'JToornvliet fe' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39.4 x 32.5 cm.
Provenance
Iselin, Basel.
Since 1970 in the collection of the present owner.
Since 1970 in the collection of the present owner.
Literature
H.-J. Raupp, Genre, Münster, 1996, II, pp. 240-1, no. 59, illustrated.
Exhibited
Liesborn, Museum Abtei, Genrebilder, 22 September 1996-2 March 1997.
Paderborn, Städtische Galerie in der Reithalle Schloss Neuhaus, Genre- Niederländische Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, 16 January-22 March 1998.
Mönchengladbach, Museum Schloss Rheydt; Oelde, Rathaus; Dessau, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie; and Gera, Otto Dix-Haus, Von Kavalieren, Dirnen und Quacksalbern, between 19 April 1998 and 11 January 2004.
Paderborn, Städtische Galerie in der Reithalle Schloss Neuhaus, Genre- Niederländische Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, 16 January-22 March 1998.
Mönchengladbach, Museum Schloss Rheydt; Oelde, Rathaus; Dessau, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie; and Gera, Otto Dix-Haus, Von Kavalieren, Dirnen und Quacksalbern, between 19 April 1998 and 11 January 2004.
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