Lot Essay
The original, signed and dated 1670, is in the Minneapolis Institute of Art (inv.no. 87.11)
Details
After Gerard Dou
A hermit in a grotto
indistinctly signed lower left CH(linked)..L..g/feci.., oil on panel
39.4 x 32 cm
A hermit in a grotto
indistinctly signed lower left CH(linked)..L..g/feci.., oil on panel
39.4 x 32 cm
Provenance
Donquers Collection, Bruges, 1887
with M. Schulthess, Basel
with M. Schulthess, Basel
Literature
W. Martin, Gerard Dou, 1913, p. 10 (as Dou and where dated 1635/40)
Exhibited
The Hague, Koninklijke Kunstzaal Kleykamp, 1927
Basel, Kunstmuseum, Hollandhilfe, 23 June-19 August 1945, no. 19
London, Royal Academy, Trafalgar Galleries, 1985, p. 8 (as Dou)
Basel, Kunstmuseum, Hollandhilfe, 23 June-19 August 1945, no. 19
London, Royal Academy, Trafalgar Galleries, 1985, p. 8 (as Dou)