Govaert Flinck (1615-1660)

Details

Govaert Flinck (1615-1660)

A bearded Man, bust length

with signature 'Rembrandt.ft.'

on panel

22¼ x 18¼in. (56.6 x 46.5cm.)

Provenance

George Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam (1866-1935), Milton, Peterborough
On the London art market in 1951 (advertisement in The Connoisseur,
127, 1951, no.50, p.XLV)

Literature

W. Bode, Rembrandt. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde. Geschichte seines Lebens und seiner Kunst. Mit Mitwerkung von
C. Hofstede de Groot, Paris, 1897-1906, no.564, as Rembrandt
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., VI, London, 1916, p.228, no.436, as Rembrandt
A. Bredius, Rembrandt Gemälde, Vienna, 1935 (and English ed., The Paintings of Rembrandt, Vienna, 1936), p.7 and pl.150, as
Rembrandt
K. Bauch, Rembrandt Gemälde, Berlin, 1966, p.9 and pl.145,
as Rembrandt
A. Bredius, Rembrandt. The Complete Edition of the Paintings, revised by H. Gerson, London, 1969, p.560, no.150, illustrated p.133

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Works by the Old Masters, Jan.-March, 1890, no.68, as Rembrandt
London, Royal Academy, Works by Rembrandt, 2 Jan.-11 March 1899, no.43, as Rembrandt
London, Royal Academy, Works by the Old Masters, 1 Jan.- 9 March 1912, no.49, as Rembrandt

Lot Essay

The attribution of the present picture to Rembrandt was generally
accepted, Hofstede de Groot and Bauch dating it c.1632, until it was challenged by Gerson in 1969.

In a letter of 19 September 1992, Professor Werner Sumowski confirms the attribution to Flinck (from a transparency) and states that he proposes to illustrate the present picture in colour in the forthcoming sixth volume of his Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schuler

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