Attributed to Aert de Gelder (Dordrecht 1645-1727)
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Attributed to Aert de Gelder (Dordrecht 1645-1727)

Portrait of a boy, half-length, in a green coat with red sleeves and a black hat, holding a print, by a table with an open box of drawings

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Attributed to Aert de Gelder (Dordrecht 1645-1727)
Portrait of a boy, half-length, in a green coat with red sleeves and a black hat, holding a print, by a table with an open box of drawings
with indistinct monogram and date 'ADG 16[...]6' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21¼ x 17 in. (54 x 43.3 cm.)
Provenance
with Koetser Gallery, London, 1931.
P. Smidt van Gelder, Geneva; his sale, Moos, Geneva, 7 October 1933, lot 104.
with D. Hermesen, The Hague, 1936.
with Max Moos, Geneva, 1955.
Jan van Stratum, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
D. van Fossen, The Paintings of Arent de Gelder, Cambridge, MA, 1969, p. 297, no. X-16, fig. 136, under 'Rejected Attributions'.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt Schüler, Landau, 1983, p. 3102, no. 2092, as 'A. de Gelder'.
J.W. Von Moltke, Arent de Gelder, Doornspijk, 1994, pp. 116-7, fig. 66, under 'Doubtful Paintings'.
Exhibited
Basel, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, 1945, no. 23.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Drie Eeuwen Portret In Nederland, 1952, no. 40, as 'Aert de Gelder'.
Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1953, no. 36.
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Rembrandt als Leermeester, 1956, no. 57.
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