A Youth picking Grapes at Night, a river Landscape beyond
Details
Circle of Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660)
A Youth picking Grapes at Night, a river Landscape beyond
oil on canvas
28½ x 41¾in. (72.5 x 106cm.)
A Youth picking Grapes at Night, a river Landscape beyond
oil on canvas
28½ x 41¾in. (72.5 x 106cm.)
Provenance
Luís Guardamino, Madrid as Velázquez.
Leandro Alvear, Madrid, by 1892 as Velázquez.
E.F. Milliken, New York as Velázquez.
with Laurie & Co., London, 1902 as Velázquez.
with Knoedler & Co., London, 1906 as Velázquez.
with Scully and Co., London as Velázquez.
Francis Bartlett, Boston and by descent through his daughter, Caroline, to Herbert M. Sears, Boston; sale, Parke Bernet, New York, Oct. 17, 1942, lot 128 as Velázquez.
Leandro Alvear, Madrid, by 1892 as Velázquez.
E.F. Milliken, New York as Velázquez.
with Laurie & Co., London, 1902 as Velázquez.
with Knoedler & Co., London, 1906 as Velázquez.
with Scully and Co., London as Velázquez.
Francis Bartlett, Boston and by descent through his daughter, Caroline, to Herbert M. Sears, Boston; sale, Parke Bernet, New York, Oct. 17, 1942, lot 128 as Velázquez.
Literature
W. Gensel, Velázquez, Klassker der Kunst, 1908, pp. 175 and 185, illustrated p. 6 as Velázquez.
A. de Beruete, Velázquez, 1906, pp. 7-8, pl. 11.
J. Allende-Sálazar, Velázquez, in Klassiker des Kunst, 1925, pp. 6, 273 and 289 as Velázquez.
A.L. Mayer, Velázquez. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Pictures and Drawings, 1936, p. 22, no. 96, pl. 47 (only known from a photograph) as Velázquez.
E. Lafuente, The Paintings and Drawings of Velázquez. Complete Edition, 1943, p. 34, no. C, pl. 7 as 'Attributed to Velázquez. About 1618'.
E. du Gué Trapier, Velázquez, 1948, pp. 74-6.
B. Pantorba, La vida y la obra de Velázquez, 1955.
M. Soria Varia Velazqueña, 1960, R. Longhi in ibid.
J. López-Rey, Velázquez. A Catalogue Raisonné of his Oeuvre, 1963, p. 152, no. 85, pl. 187 'from a photograph...the attribution to Velázquez appears plausible; the composition recalls his manner of 1617 or thereabouts'.
P.M. Bardi, L'opera completa di Velázquez, 1969, p. 87, no. 2, illustrated.
L. Konecny, Zeuxis in Prague: some Thoughts on Hans von Aachen, in the catalogue of the exhibition, Prag um 1600, 1988, p. 150, fig. 11 as Velázquez.
A. de Beruete, Velázquez, 1906, pp. 7-8, pl. 11.
J. Allende-Sálazar, Velázquez, in Klassiker des Kunst, 1925, pp. 6, 273 and 289 as Velázquez.
A.L. Mayer, Velázquez. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Pictures and Drawings, 1936, p. 22, no. 96, pl. 47 (only known from a photograph) as Velázquez.
E. Lafuente, The Paintings and Drawings of Velázquez. Complete Edition, 1943, p. 34, no. C, pl. 7 as 'Attributed to Velázquez. About 1618'.
E. du Gué Trapier, Velázquez, 1948, pp. 74-6.
B. Pantorba, La vida y la obra de Velázquez, 1955.
M. Soria Varia Velazqueña, 1960, R. Longhi in ibid.
J. López-Rey, Velázquez. A Catalogue Raisonné of his Oeuvre, 1963, p. 152, no. 85, pl. 187 'from a photograph...the attribution to Velázquez appears plausible; the composition recalls his manner of 1617 or thereabouts'.
P.M. Bardi, L'opera completa di Velázquez, 1969, p. 87, no. 2, illustrated.
L. Konecny, Zeuxis in Prague: some Thoughts on Hans von Aachen, in the catalogue of the exhibition, Prag um 1600, 1988, p. 150, fig. 11 as Velázquez.
Exhibited
Madrid, Exposición Histórico-Europa, 1892-3.
London, New Gallery, Spanish Art, 1896.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Paintings, Drawings and Prints from Private Collections in New England, June 10-Sept. 10, 1939, p. 88, no. 136, pl. LXVI as Velázquez.
New York, Brooklyn Museum, on loan, no. 3.63.683.
Jacksonville, FL, Cummer Gallery of Art, on loan as Velázquez.
London, New Gallery, Spanish Art, 1896.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Paintings, Drawings and Prints from Private Collections in New England, June 10-Sept. 10, 1939, p. 88, no. 136, pl. LXVI as Velázquez.
New York, Brooklyn Museum, on loan, no. 3.63.683.
Jacksonville, FL, Cummer Gallery of Art, on loan as Velázquez.