ADAM VAN BREEN (AMSTERDAM 1584-1642? CHRISTIANIA?)
ADAM VAN BREEN (AMSTERDAM 1584-1642? CHRISTIANIA?)
ADAM VAN BREEN (AMSTERDAM 1584-1642? CHRISTIANIA?)
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ADAM VAN BREEN (AMSTERDAM 1584-1642? CHRISTIANIA?)

A banquet with elegant figures on a terrace and a garden beyond

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ADAM VAN BREEN (AMSTERDAM 1584-1642? CHRISTIANIA?)
A banquet with elegant figures on a terrace and a garden beyond
indistinctly signed 'A.V. [...] 1614' (lower left, on the paved terrace)
oil on panel
14 ¼ x 24 5/8 in. (36.2 x 62.6 cm.)
Provenance
H.C. du Bois, The Hague; his sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 27 November 1906, lot 189, as A. de Vinck.
[The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 5 July 1907, lot 144, as J. Vink.
(Possibly) Anonymous sale; Brussels, 23 December 1907, lot 37, as J. Vinck.
Dr. Moritz Julius Binder (1877-1947), Berlin, 1932.
with Silvano Lodi, Munich and Milan, 1963.
with Brod Gallery, London, 1964.
with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1964.
Frans C. Butôt (1906-1992), Sankt Gilgen, Austria, 1964; his deceased sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 16 November 1993, lot 46, where acquired by
The SØR Rusche collection; Van Ham, Cologne, 28 May 2020, lot 1509, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
A. von Wurzbach, Niederländisches Kunstler-Lexikon, II, Vienna, 1910, p. 790, as Abraham Vinck.
J.G. van Gelder, 'Adam van Breen, schilder,' Oudheidwissen Jaarboek, I, 1932, p. 114, no. 7, pl. XXXI, fig. 5.
F. Würtenberger, Das holländische Gesellschaftsbild, Schramberg, 1937, p. 42, note 1.
Niederländische Kunst aus dem goldenen Jahrhundert: Gemälde und Zeichnungen im Umkreis grosser Meister aus der Sammlung F.C.Butôt, Salzburg, 1972, pp. 22-23, illustrated.
Hollandse en vlaaamse kunst uit de 17e eeuw: Hoogtepunten van minder bekende meesters schilderijen en tekeningen uit de verzameling F.D. Butôt, exhibition catalogue, Rotterdam, 1973, pp. 22-23, illustrated.
L.J. Bol & G. Keyes, Netherlandish Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of F.C. Butôt, London, 1981, p. 232, no. 99.
G.S. Keyes, Esaias van de Velde: 1587-1630, Groningen, 1984, p. 84, no. 36.
H.-J. Raupp (ed.), Dutch painting of the 17th century from the SØR Rusche collection, II, Münster, Hamburg and London, 1996, pp. 60-63, no. 12.
E. Buijsen, Haagse Schilders in de Gouden Eeuw. Het Hoogsteder Lexicon van alle schilders werkzaam in Den Haag 1600-1700, The Hague and Zwolle, 1998, p. 107, no. 6, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Brod Gallery, Annual spring exhibition of old master paintings, 12 March-24 April 1964, no. 19.
Salzburg, Museumpavillon im Mirabellgarten; Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Niederländische Kunst aus dem goldenen Jahrhundert : Gemälde und Zeichnungen im Umkreis grosser Meister aus der Sammlung F.C. Butôt, 12 July-12 September 1972.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Hollandse en vlaaamse kunst uit de 17e eeuw: Hoogtepunten van minder bekende meesters schilderijen en tekeningen uit de verzameling F.D. Butôt, 16 February-1 April 1973.
Osnabrück, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Schöne Landschaft - bedrohte Natur: Alte Meister im Dialog mit zeitgenössischer Kunst: Landschaftsbilder aus der SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde/Berlin, 9 June-13 October 2013, p. 143.

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