Provenance
The 6th Earl of Carlisle, Castle Howard, by 1835
Sir George Leon, London, 1947
Anon. Sale, Christie's, 9 April 1954, lot 80, as Gerard van Honthorst
(220gns. to the Arcade Gallery)
with the Arcade Gallery, London
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., purchased from the above by 1965;
(+) Sotheby's, New York, 1 June 1989, lot 57, as Gysbrecht van der Kuyl
Literature
G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, III, p.326 'Gerard Honthorst - A concert. To the knees; figures the size of life. Very spirited and careful. Erroneously ascribed to Valentin, who never has this clearness of tone'
Lord Hawksburg, Catalogue of Portraits, Miniatures, etc. at Castle Howard, 1904, p.37, no.533
A. von Wurzbach, Niederländisches Künstler-Lexicon, I, Vienna and Leipzig, 1906, p.711, as Honthorst
B. J. A. Renckens, Gysbert van der Kuyl, Kunsthistorische Mededeelingen van het Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, II, 1947, p.6, illustrated, as Gysbert van der Kuyl
J. R. Judson, Gerrit van Honthorst, The Hague, 1959, p.241, as Gysbert van der Kuyl
M. R. Waddingham, Another look at Gysbert van der Kuyl, Paragone, 125, May 1960, p.46, as Gysbert van der Kuyl
E. J. Sluijter, Niet Gysbert van der Kuyl uit Gouda, maar Gerard van Kuijl uit Gorinchem (1604-1673), Oud-Holland, 91, 1977, pp.169 and 178, no.A-7, and pl.10
B. Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, Oxford, 1979, p.63 and pl.224
B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, ed. L. Vertova, Turin, 1990, I, p.131, and III, pl.1367, described as signed
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Vermeer, 1935, p.8, no.3, illustrated, as Honthorst
Norfolk, Virginia, The Chrysler Museum, on loan, May 1976
