Lot Essay
Compared by Professor Dr Sumowski (private communication) to the group of head studies associated with the Louvre St. Matthew - for which see the previous lot
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Manner of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Details
Manner of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
An old Man with a grey Beard, head and shoulders
on panel (including an addition at the bottom and (?) at the top)
8 x 6¾in. (20.2 x 17.2cm.)
An old Man with a grey Beard, head and shoulders
on panel (including an addition at the bottom and (?) at the top)
8 x 6¾in. (20.2 x 17.2cm.)
Provenance
C. Jennens Esq., 1750 and thence by descent to the Howe family, Gopsall.
Rt. Hon. Earl Howe, P.C., C.B.E.; Christie's, 7 Dec. 1933, lot 59 (900gns. to Colnaghi).
Rt. Hon. Earl Howe, P.C., C.B.E.; Christie's, 7 Dec. 1933, lot 59 (900gns. to Colnaghi).
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, Onze Kunst, Dec. 1909, p.182
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., 1916, VI, Rembrandt, pp. 211-2, no. 382
W.R. Valentiner, Rembrandt Wiedergefundene Gemälde, Klassiker der Kunst, Stuttgart and Berlin, 27,1921, p. XXIII, no. 91
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., 1916, VI, Rembrandt, pp. 211-2, no. 382
W.R. Valentiner, Rembrandt Wiedergefundene Gemälde, Klassiker der Kunst, Stuttgart and Berlin, 27,1921, p. XXIII, no. 91
Exhibited
Basle, Katz-Galerie, Rembrandt-Ausstellung, 24 July-30 Sept 1948, no. 24.