Studio of Mathias Stomer (? c.1600-after 1655 Sicily)

The Penitent Saint Peter?

Details

Studio of Mathias Stomer (? c.1600-after 1655 Sicily)
The Penitent Saint Peter?
oil on canvas - a fragment
21½ x 25½ in. (54.5 x 64.8 cm.)

Provenance

The Duke of Buccleuch.
with Lilienfeld Galleries, New York, 1935; from whom purchased by Mr. John G. Lowe, New York and by whom given to the museum in 1935.

Exhibited

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, loan no. 2467 (according to a label on the reverse).
Milwaukee, Art Institute, Seventeenth Century Dutch Masterpieces, 15 October-21 November 1943, no. 18.
Grand Rapids, Art Gallery, Old Masters from Midwestern Museums, 1 December 1948-2 January 1949.
Indianapolis, John Herron Art Museum, The Young Rembrandt and his Times, 14 February - 23 March 1958.

Sale room notice

Please note that this lot should be designated with the "star" (*) symbol, indicating that it may be exempt from sales tax, as further explained in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

Professor Leonard Slatkes (written communication, 12 March 2003) believes the present work is 'either by the workshop of Stomer or by a follower. It is most likely that the prime version behind this canvas is a relatively early work, perhaps even one made before he went to Italy'.

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