Lot Essay
Lasius (ibid.) notes four other paintings by van Brekelenkam which depict the same old man as found in the present work.
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A fishmonger scaling fish
Details
Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam (Zwammerdam after 1622-1669? or after Leiden)
A fishmonger scaling fish
signed and dated 'Q Brekelenkam 1663' (lower right)
oil on panel
18¼ x 14 5/8 in. (46.4 x 37.8 cm.)
A fishmonger scaling fish
signed and dated 'Q Brekelenkam 1663' (lower right)
oil on panel
18¼ x 14 5/8 in. (46.4 x 37.8 cm.)
Provenance
W.A. Haanebrinck; sale, Velthoven, Utrecht, 29 July 1840.
G. Bourne May; Christie's, London, 14 July 1978, lot 203, where purchased by the present owner.
G. Bourne May; Christie's, London, 14 July 1978, lot 203, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
H. Harvard, 'Quiringh Brekelenkam', L' Art et les artistes hollandais, IV, Paris, 1881, p. 119.
A. Lasius, Quiringh van Brekelenkam, Doornspijk, 1992, p. 104, no. 84, as 'signed and dated 1660'.
A. Lasius, Quiringh van Brekelenkam, Doornspijk, 1992, p. 104, no. 84, as 'signed and dated 1660'.