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Property from an Important Private Collection
JOACHIM ANTHONISZ. WTEWAEL (UTRECHT 1566-1638)
Adam and Eve
Details
JOACHIM ANTHONISZ. WTEWAEL (UTRECHT 1566-1638)
Adam and Eve
signed 'Jo·Wte·wael / fe[cit]' ('Jo' linked, lower right, on the rock)
oil on canvas
61 5⁄8 x 44 7⁄8 in. (156.5 x 114 cm.)
Adam and Eve
signed 'Jo·Wte·wael / fe[cit]' ('Jo' linked, lower right, on the rock)
oil on canvas
61 5⁄8 x 44 7⁄8 in. (156.5 x 114 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Lepke, Berlin, 4 December 1906, lot 56.
Dr. K. Erasmus, Berlin, after 1906.
with Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, later Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, Berlin, by 1925 until at least 1962.
Anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, 18 November 1965, lot 212.
Private collection, Germany.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 May 1993, lot 36, where acquired by the present owner.
Dr. K. Erasmus, Berlin, after 1906.
with Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, later Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, Berlin, by 1925 until at least 1962.
Anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, 18 November 1965, lot 212.
Private collection, Germany.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 May 1993, lot 36, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
'Berliner Ausstellungen: Deutsche und niederländische manieristen, Heinrich Nauen, Eduard Bischoff,' Cicerone, XVII, 1925, p. 343.
C.M.A.A. Lindeman, Joachim Anthonisz. Wtewael, 1929, pp. 77-79, 251, no. XXIII, pl. XVI, no. 23.
C.M.A.A. Lindeman, ed. U. Thieme and F. Becker, 'Allgemeines Lexikon Der Bildenden Künstler', XXXVI, 1947, p. 286.
P. Philippot, Pittura fiamminga e Rinascimento italiano, Turin, 1970, p. 246.
A.W. Lowenthal, The Paintings of Joachim Anthonisz. Wtewael, unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, Columbia University, 1975, pp. 289-291, 528, A-55, as dateable to circa 1615.
A.W. Lowenthal, The Paintings of Joachim Wtewael and Dutch Mannerism, Doornspijk, 1986, p. 163, no. B-7, pl. 141, as possibly a variant of the Shipley Art Gallery painting, or a repetition with considerable studio assistance, illustrated with the overpainting protecting Eve's modesty.
Christie's Review of the Season, 1993, p. 12, illustrated.
S. Harcourt-Webster, 'The Art Market,' Antiques Trade Gazette, 12 June 1993, p. 28.
J. Gardner, 'Old Masters,' Art & Auction, September 1993, pp. 106-107, illustrated.
C.M.A.A. Lindeman, Joachim Anthonisz. Wtewael, 1929, pp. 77-79, 251, no. XXIII, pl. XVI, no. 23.
C.M.A.A. Lindeman, ed. U. Thieme and F. Becker, 'Allgemeines Lexikon Der Bildenden Künstler', XXXVI, 1947, p. 286.
P. Philippot, Pittura fiamminga e Rinascimento italiano, Turin, 1970, p. 246.
A.W. Lowenthal, The Paintings of Joachim Anthonisz. Wtewael, unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, Columbia University, 1975, pp. 289-291, 528, A-55, as dateable to circa 1615.
A.W. Lowenthal, The Paintings of Joachim Wtewael and Dutch Mannerism, Doornspijk, 1986, p. 163, no. B-7, pl. 141, as possibly a variant of the Shipley Art Gallery painting, or a repetition with considerable studio assistance, illustrated with the overpainting protecting Eve's modesty.
Christie's Review of the Season, 1993, p. 12, illustrated.
S. Harcourt-Webster, 'The Art Market,' Antiques Trade Gazette, 12 June 1993, p. 28.
J. Gardner, 'Old Masters,' Art & Auction, September 1993, pp. 106-107, illustrated.
Exhibited
Munich, Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, Meister der Manierismus, 1962, no. 75.
Sale Room Notice
Please note the updated provenance for this lot online. The painting was not owned by General von Fabricius, Kiev as published in the printed catalogue but was sold anonymously, among property from various owners in the 1906 sale.
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