Lot Essay
A version of the picture by ter Borch in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
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A milkmaid milking cows in a barn
Details
Follower of Gerard ter Borch II
A milkmaid milking cows in a barn
with monogram 'GTB' (lower left, on the axe)
oil on canvas
22½ x 23½ in. (57.2 x 59.7 cm.)
A milkmaid milking cows in a barn
with monogram 'GTB' (lower left, on the axe)
oil on canvas
22½ x 23½ in. (57.2 x 59.7 cm.)
Provenance
C. Groenix van Zoelen, Rotterdam; sale, Rotterdam, 25 July 1800, lot 82 (72 Florins to van Santen).
H.W.J. Hunter Arundell, Dalawoodie, Dumfries; Christie's, London, 21 November 1913, lot 127, as G. Terburg (920 gns. to Lippmann).
Lt. Col. Wilfred C. Smith, Cash, Stone & Co., 90 Cannon Street; Christie's, London, 20 April 1923, lot 152, as G. Terburg (240 gns. to T. Wand[?]).
M. Kellner, Vienna; sale, Berlin, 3 November 1929, lot 16.
Professor J. Singer, Prague, 1938, and by descent to the present owner.
H.W.J. Hunter Arundell, Dalawoodie, Dumfries; Christie's, London, 21 November 1913, lot 127, as G. Terburg (920 gns. to Lippmann).
Lt. Col. Wilfred C. Smith, Cash, Stone & Co., 90 Cannon Street; Christie's, London, 20 April 1923, lot 152, as G. Terburg (240 gns. to T. Wand[?]).
M. Kellner, Vienna; sale, Berlin, 3 November 1929, lot 16.
Professor J. Singer, Prague, 1938, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., V, London and Paris, 1913, pp. 140-1, under no. 463.
S.J. Gudlaugsson, Katalog der Gemälde Gerard Ter Borch, The Hague, 1960, II, p. 94, under no. 74.
S.J. Gudlaugsson, Katalog der Gemälde Gerard Ter Borch, The Hague, 1960, II, p. 94, under no. 74.
Exhibited
Národní Gallery, Prague, on loan, 1992-2007.
Special notice
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