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PROPERTY OF THE HEIRS OF DANIËL GEORGE VAN BEUNINGEN (1877-1955) (LOTS 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19)
ADRIAEN JANSZ. VAN OSTADE (HAARLEM 1610-1685)
A hurdy-gurdy player with a young violinist and four other children in a doorway
Details
ADRIAEN JANSZ. VAN OSTADE (HAARLEM 1610-1685)
A hurdy-gurdy player with a young violinist and four other children in a doorway
oil on panel
14 1⁄8 x 12 ¼ in. (35.9 x 31.1 cm.)
A hurdy-gurdy player with a young violinist and four other children in a doorway
oil on panel
14 1⁄8 x 12 ¼ in. (35.9 x 31.1 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Cornelis van Dijck; his sale (†), The Hague, 10 May 1713 (=2nd day), lot 14, as 'Een dito [Adriaen van Ostade], zynde een Lierman in de hoogte met fes groote Beelden. van denzelven, zeer konstig en schoon' (190 florins).
Baron Anne Willem Carel van Nagell (1756-1851); his sale, Christie's, London, 21 March 1795, lot 44, as 'The country strolling musician, a very fine and capital picture' (105 gns. to Green).
Baron Maurice de Hirsch (1831-1896), Bath House, Piccadilly; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 6 February 1897, lot 46, acquired for 110 gns. by the following,
with L. Lesser, 123 New Bond Street, London; Christie's, London, 19 March 1904, lot 115, acquired for 720 gns. by the following,
with Sir George Donaldson (1845-1925), London, by 1906.
August Janssen (1863-1918), Amsterdam, from whose estate acquired in 1919 together with most of the collection (no. CJ 18) by the following,
(Probably) with Goudstikker, Amsterdam.
Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Vierhouten, acquired in 1919, from whom acquired in 1930 by the following,
with Goudstikker, Amsterdam.
Bernardus Henricus Maria Lips (1878-1950), Dordrecht, by 1938.
Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, and by descent.
Baron Anne Willem Carel van Nagell (1756-1851); his sale, Christie's, London, 21 March 1795, lot 44, as 'The country strolling musician, a very fine and capital picture' (105 gns. to Green).
Baron Maurice de Hirsch (1831-1896), Bath House, Piccadilly; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 6 February 1897, lot 46, acquired for 110 gns. by the following,
with L. Lesser, 123 New Bond Street, London; Christie's, London, 19 March 1904, lot 115, acquired for 720 gns. by the following,
with Sir George Donaldson (1845-1925), London, by 1906.
August Janssen (1863-1918), Amsterdam, from whose estate acquired in 1919 together with most of the collection (no. CJ 18) by the following,
(Probably) with Goudstikker, Amsterdam.
Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Vierhouten, acquired in 1919, from whom acquired in 1930 by the following,
with Goudstikker, Amsterdam.
Bernardus Henricus Maria Lips (1878-1950), Dordrecht, by 1938.
Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, and by descent.
Literature
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters..., I, London, 1829, p. 169, no. 219.
C. Hofstede de Groot, Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century..., III, London, 1910, p. 273, no. 433, and (possibly) p. 275, no. 438a.
Schatten der schilderkunst: reproducties in kleurendruk naar werken uit Nederlandsche en Vlaamsche musea en particuliere verzamelingen, Amsterdam, 1944, not paginated, illustrated.
J. Giltaij, D.G. 50 jaar Van Beuningen 1958-2008, online, 2012 accessed 13 May 2025, pp. 10 and 34.
C. Hofstede de Groot, Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century..., III, London, 1910, p. 273, no. 433, and (possibly) p. 275, no. 438a.
Schatten der schilderkunst: reproducties in kleurendruk naar werken uit Nederlandsche en Vlaamsche musea en particuliere verzamelingen, Amsterdam, 1944, not paginated, illustrated.
J. Giltaij, D.G. 50 jaar Van Beuningen 1958-2008, online, 2012 accessed 13 May 2025, pp. 10 and 34.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Co., Exposition des maîtres hollandais organisée en l'honnneur du tercentenaire de Rembrandt, 10 July-15 September 1906, no. 95.
Amsterdam, Goudstikker Collection, Catalogue des nouvelles acquisitions de la collection Goudstikker, April-May 1930, no. 38.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Meesterwerken uit vier Eeuwen 1400-1800, 25 June-15 October 1938, no. 114 (lent by B.H.M Lips).
Amsterdam, Goudstikker Collection, Catalogue des nouvelles acquisitions de la collection Goudstikker, April-May 1930, no. 38.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Meesterwerken uit vier Eeuwen 1400-1800, 25 June-15 October 1938, no. 114 (lent by B.H.M Lips).
Engraved
Cornelis Visscher.
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