Adriaen Verdoel (circa 1620-1695)
The Circumcision
signed (strengthened) and dated (strengthened) A.verD...L/169.
oil on canvas
72.8 x 59.4 cm
Provenance
Rev. Constant Phipps (label on the stretcher)
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's London, 21 October 1964, lot 112, ill., as dated 1692
Lot Essay
A. Houbraken, De Groote Schouburgh, 1721, II, p.57/8, records Verdoel as a pupil of Rembrandt. His oeuvre, obscured by many erroneous attributions, is eclectic in style, but is refined.