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A young woman plucking a duck in an interior, next to a young man at a window, with crossed arms
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FOLLOWER OF NICOLAES MAES
A young woman plucking a duck in an interior, next to a young man at a window, with crossed arms
with signature and date 'N.MÆS 1655' (centre left, on the window frame)
oil on canvas
27 1⁄8 x 34 1⁄8 in. (68.8 x 86.7 cm.)
A young woman plucking a duck in an interior, next to a young man at a window, with crossed arms
with signature and date 'N.MÆS 1655' (centre left, on the window frame)
oil on canvas
27 1⁄8 x 34 1⁄8 in. (68.8 x 86.7 cm.)
Provenance
B. de Harde Swart et. al.; sale, de Vries, Brondgeest and Roos, Amsterdam, 16 November 1847, lot 87 (193 fl. to Thyssen [?]).
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 6 February 1897, lot 81, as 'Nicolaes Maes' (600 gns. to Colnaghi).
Ludwig Breitmeyer (d. 1930), 11 Connaught Place, London and Rushton Hall, Kettering; (†), Christie's, London, 27 June 1930, lot 56, as 'Nicolaes Maes', where acquired for 1,800 gns. by,
with W.E. Duits, Amsterdam, 1935.
with G. Douwes, Amsterdam, c. 1930.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 June 1960, lot 69, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
with B. Manheim Galleries, New Orleans and Dallas, by June 1973, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 21 May 1992, lot 47, as 'Nicolaes Maes', where acquired by the present owner.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 6 February 1897, lot 81, as 'Nicolaes Maes' (600 gns. to Colnaghi).
Ludwig Breitmeyer (d. 1930), 11 Connaught Place, London and Rushton Hall, Kettering; (†), Christie's, London, 27 June 1930, lot 56, as 'Nicolaes Maes', where acquired for 1,800 gns. by,
with W.E. Duits, Amsterdam, 1935.
with G. Douwes, Amsterdam, c. 1930.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 June 1960, lot 69, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
with B. Manheim Galleries, New Orleans and Dallas, by June 1973, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 21 May 1992, lot 47, as 'Nicolaes Maes', where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, VI, London, 1916, p. 489, no. 49, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
'Advert - Manheim Galleries', The Connoisseur, CLXXXIII, June 1973, p. 115.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, III, Landau and Pfalz, 1983, pp. 1954, 1956, 2016, 2017 and 2076, no. 1350, illustrated, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
Reflets du Siècle d'Or: Tableaux hollandais du dix-septième siècle, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1983, p. 79, n. 2, as 'Nicolaes Maes'
W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, New York, VIII, 1984, p. 4178, under no. 1867x, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
P.C. Sutton, Northern European Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art From the Sixteenth through the Nineteenth Century, Philadelphia, 1990, p. 190, fig. 66-2, as 'Follower of Nicolaes Maes'.
W.W. Robinson, The Early Works of Nicholaes Maes, 1653-1661, I, PhD dissertation, Harvard University, 1996, p. 270, no. C-17, illustrated, as 'Follower of Nicolaes Maes'.
J. Briels, Peintres flamands au berceau du Siècle d'Or hollandais 1585-1630 avec biographies en annexe, Antwerp, 1997, p. 273, fig. 442, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
L. Krempel, Studien zu den datierten Gemälde des Nicolaes Maes (1634–1693), Petersberg, 2000, pp. 348 and 349, no. C10, fig. 375, as 'Circle of Nicolaes Maes'.
'Advert - Manheim Galleries', The Connoisseur, CLXXXIII, June 1973, p. 115.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, III, Landau and Pfalz, 1983, pp. 1954, 1956, 2016, 2017 and 2076, no. 1350, illustrated, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
Reflets du Siècle d'Or: Tableaux hollandais du dix-septième siècle, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1983, p. 79, n. 2, as 'Nicolaes Maes'
W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, New York, VIII, 1984, p. 4178, under no. 1867x, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
P.C. Sutton, Northern European Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art From the Sixteenth through the Nineteenth Century, Philadelphia, 1990, p. 190, fig. 66-2, as 'Follower of Nicolaes Maes'.
W.W. Robinson, The Early Works of Nicholaes Maes, 1653-1661, I, PhD dissertation, Harvard University, 1996, p. 270, no. C-17, illustrated, as 'Follower of Nicolaes Maes'.
J. Briels, Peintres flamands au berceau du Siècle d'Or hollandais 1585-1630 avec biographies en annexe, Antwerp, 1997, p. 273, fig. 442, as 'Nicolaes Maes'.
L. Krempel, Studien zu den datierten Gemälde des Nicolaes Maes (1634–1693), Petersberg, 2000, pp. 348 and 349, no. C10, fig. 375, as 'Circle of Nicolaes Maes'.
Exhibited
Brussels, Cinq Siècles d'Art, 24 May-13 October 1935, no. 741 (lent by Galerie W.E. Duits, Amsterdam).
Brought to you by
Alastair Plumb
Senior Specialist, Head of Sale, European Art