Lot Essay
Although Kirschenbaum doubts the attribution, Mr. Willem van de Watering has endorsed it in a letter dated 28 February 1995.
Details
Jan Havicksz. Steen (1626-1679)
The Flight into Eygpt
signed with monogram 'JS'
25 x 23in. (63.5 x 58.5cm.)
The Flight into Eygpt
signed with monogram 'JS'
25 x 23in. (63.5 x 58.5cm.)
Provenance
Sir Samuel Wilson, London.
with Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1919.
with The Art Collector's Association, London, 1921.
A.L. Nicholson, London, 1927.
with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1930-35 (Nouvelles Acquisitions, 1930, no. 74, illustrated).
with Galerie Internationale, The Hague, 1938.
with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam; sale, H.W. Lange, Berlin, 3-4 Dec. 1940, lot 174 (2,400 Reichsmark).
Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, The Hague, on loan to the Dordrechts Museum, 1948-49; sale, Muller, Amsterdam, 3 July 1951, lot 659.
Anon. Sale, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 3-4 June 1953, lot 169.
with Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1919.
with The Art Collector's Association, London, 1921.
A.L. Nicholson, London, 1927.
with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1930-35 (Nouvelles Acquisitions, 1930, no. 74, illustrated).
with Galerie Internationale, The Hague, 1938.
with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam; sale, H.W. Lange, Berlin, 3-4 Dec. 1940, lot 174 (2,400 Reichsmark).
Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, The Hague, on loan to the Dordrechts Museum, 1948-49; sale, Muller, Amsterdam, 3 July 1951, lot 659.
Anon. Sale, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 3-4 June 1953, lot 169.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., I, London, 1908, p. 17, no. 39.
E. Trautscholdt, in Thieme-Becker Knstler Lexicon, Leipzig, 1937, XXXI, p. 511.
H.P. Bremmer, Beeldende Kunst, 21, no. 9, Jan. 1935, no. 69, illustrated.
B.D. Kirschenbaum, The Religious and Historical Paintings of Jan Steen, Oxford, 1977, Addendum, p. 148, no. 4.
E. Trautscholdt, in Thieme-Becker Knstler Lexicon, Leipzig, 1937, XXXI, p. 511.
H.P. Bremmer, Beeldende Kunst, 21, no. 9, Jan. 1935, no. 69, illustrated.
B.D. Kirschenbaum, The Religious and Historical Paintings of Jan Steen, Oxford, 1977, Addendum, p. 148, no. 4.