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PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PROBY 1972 HEIRLOOMS SETTLEMENT
GERRIT DOU (LEIDEN 1613-1675)
The Flute Player
Details
GERRIT DOU (LEIDEN 1613-1675)
The Flute Player
signed and indistinctly dated ‘GDou 16 […]’ (centre, on the edge of the book, 'GD' in ligature)
oil on panel, oval, the lower edges made up
14 1⁄8 x 11 ½ in. (35.7 x 29.2 cm.)
The Flute Player
signed and indistinctly dated ‘GDou 16 […]’ (centre, on the edge of the book, 'GD' in ligature)
oil on panel, oval, the lower edges made up
14 1⁄8 x 11 ½ in. (35.7 x 29.2 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Amsterdam Museum, by whom sold; J. de Vries, A. Brondgeest, E.M. Engelberts and C.F. Roos, Amsterdam, 4 August 1828 (=1st day), lot 47, in oval form (349 florins to Lamme).
Jan Kleinenbergh (1771-1841), Leiden; his sale (†), A. Lamme, F. Breuhaus de Groot & A.J. Lamme, Leiden, 19 July 1841, lot 33 (5,150 florins to Laundry or Nieuwenhuys).
Edmund Higginson (1802-1871), Saltmarshe Castle, before June 1846; his sale, Christie’s, London, 16 June 1860, lot 35 (305 gns. to Cooper).
Adrian John Hope (1811-1863); his sale (†), London, 30 June 1894, lot 24 (3,500 gns. to Davis), illustrated.
William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort (1836-1909), Elton Hall, by 1900, and by descent.
Jan Kleinenbergh (1771-1841), Leiden; his sale (†), A. Lamme, F. Breuhaus de Groot & A.J. Lamme, Leiden, 19 July 1841, lot 33 (5,150 florins to Laundry or Nieuwenhuys).
Edmund Higginson (1802-1871), Saltmarshe Castle, before June 1846; his sale, Christie’s, London, 16 June 1860, lot 35 (305 gns. to Cooper).
Adrian John Hope (1811-1863); his sale (†), London, 30 June 1894, lot 24 (3,500 gns. to Davis), illustrated.
William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort (1836-1909), Elton Hall, by 1900, and by descent.
Literature
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, London, 1829, I, p. 42, no. 127; 1842, IX, p. 22, no. 73.
Catalogus der schilderijen en teekeningen van het kabinet van den heer J. Kleynenbergh, te Leyden, Leiden, 1835, p. 8, no. 26.
T. Thoré, Musées de la Hollande, Paris, 1858, I, p. 87, note 2.
W. Martin, Het leven en de werken van Gerrit Dou, Leiden, 1901, p. 207, no. 170.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London, 1907, I, p. 368, no. 83.
W. Martin, Gérard Dou: Sa Vie et Son Œuvre, Paris, 1911, p. 176, no. 79.
W. Martin, Gerard Dou: des Meisters Gemälde in 247 Abbildungen, Stuttgart and Berlin, 1913, p. 82, illustrated.
T. Bodkin, ‘Quiringh Brekelenkam’s Master’, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, XLIV, January 1924, p. 31, note 10, pl. 2D.
T. Borenius and J.V. Hodgson, A Catalogue of the Pictures at Elton Hall in Huntingdonshire, in the Possession of Colonel Douglas James Proby, London and Boston, 1924, pp. 30-31 and 118, no. 25, illustrated.
A. Oswald, 'Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire - III: The Seat of Richard Proby, Bt.', Country Life, CXXI, 7 March 1957, p. 428.
I.F. Finlay, 'Musical Instruments in 17th-Century Dutch Paintings', The Galpin Society Journal, VI, July 1953, p. 66, note 69.
H. van de Waal and J. Seeger, 'Rembrandt's Faust Etching, a Socinian document, and the iconography of the inspired scholar', Oud Holland, LXX, 1964, p. 38, note 71.
M. Vidal, Representations of the Book in Rembrandt's Art, PhD Dissertation, University of California, 1978, pp. 9 and 62, fig. 10.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Landau, 1983, V, p. 3089, under no. 2033; 1994, VI, pp. 3640, under no. V2033.
J. Bruyn, ‘Book Review: W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler’, Oud Holland, XCVIII, 1984, pp. 151-153 and 161, note 25, fig. 3.
G. Jackson-Stops, 'Elton Hall, Cambridgeshire: The Home of Mr and Mrs William Proby', Country Life, CLXXXII, 25 August 1988, p. 99.
R. Baer, The Paintings of Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), PhD dissertation, New York University, 1990, II & III, n.p., no. 25, illustrated.
F.G. Meijer, 'Pieter Cornelisz. van Egmondt, een kennismaking', Oud Holland, CIV, 1990, pp. 264 and 265, fig. 9.
M. Proby and F. Russell, 'Remarkable Connoisseur', Country Life, CLXXXIV, 14 June 1990, pp. 258 and 259, fig. 6.
C. Brown et al., Rembrandt: De Meester & Zijn Werkplaats, Schilderijen, Amsterdam, 1991, pp. 302 and 303, note 12.
A. Lasius, Quiringh van Brekelenkam, Doornspijk, 1992, p. 45, note 6.
E.J. Sluijter, De lof der schilderkunst: Over schilderijen van Gerrit Dou (1613-1675) en een traktaat van Philips Angel uit 1642, Hilversum, 1993, pp. 44 and 45, fig. 21.
A. Chong and W. Klock, eds., Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands, 1550-1720, Zwolle, 1999, p. 180.
R. Baer, Gerrit Dou 1613-1675: Master Painter in the Age of Rembrandt, exhibition catalogue, New Haven and London, 2000, p. 74.
S. Jenkins, England's Thousand Best Houses, London, 2003, p. 342.
S.D. Muller, 'Young Scholar in his Study: Painters and Scholars Learning the Art of Conversation in Early Seventeenth-Century Leiden', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, LIX, 2009, pp. 292, 294, 301, 302, 307, 308, 312, note 31, fig. 3.
J.P. Filedt Kok, 'The 1828 Sale of Paintings from the Rijksmuseum', The Rijksmuseum Bulletin, LVII, 2009, p. 309, note 18, as not identical with lot 47 in the 1828 sale.
M. Bijl, 'Gerrit Dou as a Pupil of Rembrandt', in S. Dickey, ed., Rembrandt and His Circle: Insights and Discoveries, Amsterdam, 2017, pp. 182 and 187, note 53.
Catalogus der schilderijen en teekeningen van het kabinet van den heer J. Kleynenbergh, te Leyden, Leiden, 1835, p. 8, no. 26.
T. Thoré, Musées de la Hollande, Paris, 1858, I, p. 87, note 2.
W. Martin, Het leven en de werken van Gerrit Dou, Leiden, 1901, p. 207, no. 170.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London, 1907, I, p. 368, no. 83.
W. Martin, Gérard Dou: Sa Vie et Son Œuvre, Paris, 1911, p. 176, no. 79.
W. Martin, Gerard Dou: des Meisters Gemälde in 247 Abbildungen, Stuttgart and Berlin, 1913, p. 82, illustrated.
T. Bodkin, ‘Quiringh Brekelenkam’s Master’, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, XLIV, January 1924, p. 31, note 10, pl. 2D.
T. Borenius and J.V. Hodgson, A Catalogue of the Pictures at Elton Hall in Huntingdonshire, in the Possession of Colonel Douglas James Proby, London and Boston, 1924, pp. 30-31 and 118, no. 25, illustrated.
A. Oswald, 'Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire - III: The Seat of Richard Proby, Bt.', Country Life, CXXI, 7 March 1957, p. 428.
I.F. Finlay, 'Musical Instruments in 17th-Century Dutch Paintings', The Galpin Society Journal, VI, July 1953, p. 66, note 69.
H. van de Waal and J. Seeger, 'Rembrandt's Faust Etching, a Socinian document, and the iconography of the inspired scholar', Oud Holland, LXX, 1964, p. 38, note 71.
M. Vidal, Representations of the Book in Rembrandt's Art, PhD Dissertation, University of California, 1978, pp. 9 and 62, fig. 10.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Landau, 1983, V, p. 3089, under no. 2033; 1994, VI, pp. 3640, under no. V2033.
J. Bruyn, ‘Book Review: W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler’, Oud Holland, XCVIII, 1984, pp. 151-153 and 161, note 25, fig. 3.
G. Jackson-Stops, 'Elton Hall, Cambridgeshire: The Home of Mr and Mrs William Proby', Country Life, CLXXXII, 25 August 1988, p. 99.
R. Baer, The Paintings of Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), PhD dissertation, New York University, 1990, II & III, n.p., no. 25, illustrated.
F.G. Meijer, 'Pieter Cornelisz. van Egmondt, een kennismaking', Oud Holland, CIV, 1990, pp. 264 and 265, fig. 9.
M. Proby and F. Russell, 'Remarkable Connoisseur', Country Life, CLXXXIV, 14 June 1990, pp. 258 and 259, fig. 6.
C. Brown et al., Rembrandt: De Meester & Zijn Werkplaats, Schilderijen, Amsterdam, 1991, pp. 302 and 303, note 12.
A. Lasius, Quiringh van Brekelenkam, Doornspijk, 1992, p. 45, note 6.
E.J. Sluijter, De lof der schilderkunst: Over schilderijen van Gerrit Dou (1613-1675) en een traktaat van Philips Angel uit 1642, Hilversum, 1993, pp. 44 and 45, fig. 21.
A. Chong and W. Klock, eds., Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands, 1550-1720, Zwolle, 1999, p. 180.
R. Baer, Gerrit Dou 1613-1675: Master Painter in the Age of Rembrandt, exhibition catalogue, New Haven and London, 2000, p. 74.
S. Jenkins, England's Thousand Best Houses, London, 2003, p. 342.
S.D. Muller, 'Young Scholar in his Study: Painters and Scholars Learning the Art of Conversation in Early Seventeenth-Century Leiden', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, LIX, 2009, pp. 292, 294, 301, 302, 307, 308, 312, note 31, fig. 3.
J.P. Filedt Kok, 'The 1828 Sale of Paintings from the Rijksmuseum', The Rijksmuseum Bulletin, LVII, 2009, p. 309, note 18, as not identical with lot 47 in the 1828 sale.
M. Bijl, 'Gerrit Dou as a Pupil of Rembrandt', in S. Dickey, ed., Rembrandt and His Circle: Insights and Discoveries, Amsterdam, 2017, pp. 182 and 187, note 53.
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Pictures by Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century, 1900, no. 16 (lent by the Earl of Carysfort).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of 17th Century Art in Europe, 1938, no. 266 (lent by Granville Proby).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Winter Exhibition: Dutch Pictures 1450-1750, 1952-1953, no. 153 (lent by Major Sir Richard Proby Bt.).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of 17th Century Art in Europe, 1938, no. 266 (lent by Granville Proby).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Winter Exhibition: Dutch Pictures 1450-1750, 1952-1953, no. 153 (lent by Major Sir Richard Proby Bt.).
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Maja Markovic
Director, Head of Evening Sale