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PROPERTY OF THE HEIRS OF DANIËL GEORGE VAN BEUNINGEN (1877-1955) (LOTS 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19)
GERRIT DOU (LEIDEN 1613-1675)
A cottage interior with an old woman ('Rembrandt's Mother') delousing a boy's hair
Details
GERRIT DOU (LEIDEN 1613-1675)
A cottage interior with an old woman ('Rembrandt's Mother') delousing a boy's hair
signed 'GDOV' (lower left, on the barrel, 'DOV' indistinct)
oil on panel
14 5⁄8 x 11 7⁄8 in. (37.3 x 30.2 cm.)
A cottage interior with an old woman ('Rembrandt's Mother') delousing a boy's hair
signed 'GDOV' (lower left, on the barrel, 'DOV' indistinct)
oil on panel
14 5⁄8 x 11 7⁄8 in. (37.3 x 30.2 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Acquired by Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria (1662-1726) for his Gallery in Schloss Schleißheim, where certainly by 1776, and by descent in the Bavarian Royal Collections until 1836 (inv. 961), when transferred to the newly-constructed Alte Pinakothek, Munich (inv. no. 579), by whom exchanged with four other works for Jacob Jordaens, Allegorie der Fruchtbarkeit (inv. no. 10411), with Edouard Plietzsch on behalf of the following,
with Paul Graupe, Berlin and Paris, where acquired on 22 March 1938 by,
Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, and thence by descent.
with Paul Graupe, Berlin and Paris, where acquired on 22 March 1938 by,
Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, and thence by descent.
Literature
Königliche Bayerische Gemäldesammlung, 1822, no. 961.
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters..., I, London, 1829, p. 39, no. 115, 'an exquisitely painted picture'.
Catalogue des tableaux de la Pinacothèque royale à Munich, Munich, 1853, p. 211, no. 280.
F. von Reber, Katalog der Gemälde-Sammlung der Kgl. Älteren Pinakothek in München, Munich, 1886, p. 86, no. 404.
F. von Reber, Catalogue of the Paintings in the Old Pinakothek Munich, Munich, 1890, p. 89, no. 404.
F. von Reber, Katalog der Gemälde-Sammlung der Kgl. älteren Pinakothek in München, Munich, 1899, p. 96, no. 404.
W. Martin, Het leven en de werken van Gerrit Dou, Leiden, 1901, no. 296.
Die Meisterwerke der Kgl. Älteren Pinakothek zu München, Munich, 1905, pp. xxii and 220, illustrated.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century..., I, London, 1908, p. 389, no. 130.
W. Martin, Gérard Dou: Sa Vie et son Oeuvre: Étude sur la peinture hollandaise et les marchands du dix-septième siècle, Paris, 1911, p. 189, no. 160, illustrated.
W. Martin, Gerard Dou (Klassiker der Kunst), Stuttgart and Berlin, 1913, p. 96.
E. Hanfstaengl, Meisterwerke der Älteren Pinakothek in München, I, Munich, 1922, pp. 215 and 323.
D. Hannema, Catalogue of the D.G. van Beuningen Collection, Rotterdam, 1949, p. 57, no. 45, pl. 94.
E.A. Honig, 'Lice and Leiden: Quirijn Brekelenkam's "Huiselijke Zorgen" and the "fijnschilderij" of Leiden', Tableau, II, September 1988, pp. 86-7, fig. 7.
R. Baer, The Paintings of Gerrit Dou, PhD thesis, New York University, 1990, I, no. 49, illustrated.
J. Giltaij, D.G. 50 jaar Van Beuningen 1958-2008, online, 2012, accessed 13 May 2025, pp. 22 and 46.
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters..., I, London, 1829, p. 39, no. 115, 'an exquisitely painted picture'.
Catalogue des tableaux de la Pinacothèque royale à Munich, Munich, 1853, p. 211, no. 280.
F. von Reber, Katalog der Gemälde-Sammlung der Kgl. Älteren Pinakothek in München, Munich, 1886, p. 86, no. 404.
F. von Reber, Catalogue of the Paintings in the Old Pinakothek Munich, Munich, 1890, p. 89, no. 404.
F. von Reber, Katalog der Gemälde-Sammlung der Kgl. älteren Pinakothek in München, Munich, 1899, p. 96, no. 404.
W. Martin, Het leven en de werken van Gerrit Dou, Leiden, 1901, no. 296.
Die Meisterwerke der Kgl. Älteren Pinakothek zu München, Munich, 1905, pp. xxii and 220, illustrated.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century..., I, London, 1908, p. 389, no. 130.
W. Martin, Gérard Dou: Sa Vie et son Oeuvre: Étude sur la peinture hollandaise et les marchands du dix-septième siècle, Paris, 1911, p. 189, no. 160, illustrated.
W. Martin, Gerard Dou (Klassiker der Kunst), Stuttgart and Berlin, 1913, p. 96.
E. Hanfstaengl, Meisterwerke der Älteren Pinakothek in München, I, Munich, 1922, pp. 215 and 323.
D. Hannema, Catalogue of the D.G. van Beuningen Collection, Rotterdam, 1949, p. 57, no. 45, pl. 94.
E.A. Honig, 'Lice and Leiden: Quirijn Brekelenkam's "Huiselijke Zorgen" and the "fijnschilderij" of Leiden', Tableau, II, September 1988, pp. 86-7, fig. 7.
R. Baer, The Paintings of Gerrit Dou, PhD thesis, New York University, 1990, I, no. 49, illustrated.
J. Giltaij, D.G. 50 jaar Van Beuningen 1958-2008, online, 2012, accessed 13 May 2025, pp. 22 and 46.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Meesterwerken uit vier Eeuwen 1400-1800, 25 June-15 October 1938, no. 70.
Paris, Petit Palais, Chefs-d'OEuvre de la Collection D.G. van Beuningen, 31 October 1952-15 February 1953, no. 92.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Kunstschatten uit Nederlandse Verzamelingen, 19 June-25 September 1955, no. 60.
Paris, Petit Palais, Chefs-d'OEuvre de la Collection D.G. van Beuningen, 31 October 1952-15 February 1953, no. 92.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Kunstschatten uit Nederlandse Verzamelingen, 19 June-25 September 1955, no. 60.
Engraved
Johann Fiegel (fl. 1766-1780), 1776.
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