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Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna
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HENDRICK TER BRUGGHEN (UTRECHT 1588-1629)
Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna
oil on canvas
69 ¼ x 81 ½ in. (175.9 x 207 cm.)
Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna
oil on canvas
69 ¼ x 81 ½ in. (175.9 x 207 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Hendrick Christiansz. Hoeffslager, (c.1580-1625), Amsterdam; his deceased sale, Amsterdam, 19 March 1625, lot 45, for 44 guilders to,
Herman de Bisschop (1588-1637), Amsterdam.
Private collection, North Italy.
Art market, Genoa.
Private collection, Lausanne.
Art market, Lausanne, by 1973.
with Gilberto Algranti, London by 1974.
Herman de Bisschop (1588-1637), Amsterdam.
Private collection, North Italy.
Art market, Genoa.
Private collection, Lausanne.
Art market, Lausanne, by 1973.
with Gilberto Algranti, London by 1974.
Literature
D.O. Obreen, Archief voor Nederlandsche Kunstgeschiedenis, VI, 1884-1887, p. 37, citing the painting sold in the Hoeffslager sale described as 'Marcus Mutius Romeyn' (loc. cit.).
C. Baker, 'Hendrick Terbrugghen and Plein Air', The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, L, no. 289, April 1927, p. 196, citing the painting sold in the Hoeffslager described as 'Marcus Mutius Romeyn' (loc. cit.).
B. Nicolson, Hendrick Terbrugghen, London, 1958, p. 49, citing the painting sold in the Hoeffslager sale described as 'Marcus Mutius Romeyn' (loc. cit.).
B. Nicolson, 'Terbrugghen Since 1960', Album Amicorum J.G. Van Gelder, J. Bruyn, J.A. Emmens, E. de Jongh and Dp.P Snoep, eds., The Hague, 1973, pp. 238-239, figs. 7 and 8.
G. Algranti, Exhibition of Old Masters, exhibition catalogue, London, 1974, illustrated.
B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, Oxford, 1979, p. 189.
B. Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, Oxford and New York, 1979, pp. 98 and 211.
G. Algranti, Exhibition of Old Masters, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1981, no. 7, illustrated.
R.W. Bissell, Orazio Gentileschi and the poetic tradition in Caravaggesque painting, University Park and London, 1981, pp. 66 and 93, notes 30 and 31.
M. Marini, 'Gli esordi del Caravaggio e il concetto di "natura" nei primi decenni del Seicento a Roma. Equivoci del caravaggismo', Artibus et historiae, II, no. 4, 1981, p. 66, fig. 37, erroneously listed as with Knoedler Gallery, New York.
L.J. Slatkes, 'Book reviews: Benedict Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement. Oxford (Phaidon) 1979.', Simiolus, XII, nos. 2⁄3, 1981-1982, pp. 182-183.
C. Schuckman, 'Did Hendrick ter Brugghen revisit Italy? Notes from an unknown manuscript by Cornelis de Bie', The Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury, IV, 1986, pp. 9-10 and 15, fig. 14.
L.J. Slatkes, 'Das Werk des Hendrick ter Brugghen', Holländische malerei in neuem licht: Hendrick ter Brugghen und seine zeitgenossen, A. Blankert and L.J. Slatkes, eds., exhibition catalogue, Utrecht and Braunschweig, 1986, p. 49, fig. 44.
M.J. Bok, 'Schilderijen van Hendrick ter Brugghen', Holländische malerei in neuem licht: Hendrick ter Brugghen und seine zeitgenossen, A. Blankert and L.J. Slatkes, eds., exhibition catalogue, Utrecht and Braunschweig, 1986, p. 71, citing the painting sold in the Hoeffslager sale described as 'Marcus Mutius Romeyn' (loc. cit.).
P. van Kooij, 'Ter Brugghen, Dürer and Lucas van Leyden', The Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury, V, 1987, pp. 15 and 19, note 9, fig. 10, as Attributed to ter Brugghen.
L.J. Slatkes, 'Rethinking ter Brugghen's Early Chronology', Hendrick ter Brugghen und die nachfolger Caravaggios in Holland: Beiträge eines symposium aus anlaß der ausstellung "Holländische malerei in neuem licht : Hendrick ter Brugghen und seine zeitgenossen", R. Klessman, ed., Braunschweig, 1988, pp. 77, 80 and 82-84, notes 11, 12, 41 and 42, fig. 98.
J. Nieuwstraten, 'Some Remarks on Ter Brugghen', Hendrick ter Brugghen und die nachfolger Caravaggios in Holland: Beiträge eines symposium aus anlaß der ausstellung "Holländische malerei in neuem licht : Hendrick ter Brugghen und seine zeitgenossen", R. Klessman, ed., Braunschweig, 1988, pp. 100-101, as not by ter Brugghen, possibly by R. van Adelo.
G.J.M. Weber, 'Ter Brugghen, Elsheimer, Poel and Rubens', The Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury, VII, 1988, p. 26, note 21.
B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, I, Turin 1989, p. 189.
A. Garen, Mucius Scaevola vor Porsenna: Frühneuzeitliche auffassungen einer römischen bürgertugend in der europäischen malerei vom 15. - 18. Jahrhundert, Osnabrück, 2003, I, pp. 148-149, note 386, II p. 29, no. 67, illustrated
W. Prohaska, in Darkness & Light: Caravaggio & his world, exhibition catalogue, Sydney and Melbourne, 2003, p. 100 and note 5.
P.H. Janssen, 'Book Review: Leonard J. Slatkes and Wayne Franits, The Paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1588-1629: Catalogue Raisonné', Simiolus, XXXII, no. 4, 2006, pp. 315, 316, as not autograph.
L.J. Slatkes and W. Franits, The Paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen 1588-1629: Catalogue Raisonné, Amsterdam and Philadelphia, 2007, pp. 12-14, 29, 43-44, 142-144 and 348, no. A43, plate. 42.
G. Papi, ‘Per la ricostruzione del soggiorno di Hendrick ter Brugghen in Italia’, Ter Brugghen dall’Olanda all’Italia sulle orme di Caravaggio, F. Fischetti and G. Papi, eds., exhibition catalogue, Modena, 2023-24, pp. 37-38 and 41, fig. 26 (detail).
J. Gash, ‘Additions to Ter Brugghen in Italy: “Christ bound to the column” and “St John the Baptist in the wilderness”’, The Burlington Magazine, XLXVII, March 2025, pp. 237-238 and 240, fig. 17.
C. Baker, 'Hendrick Terbrugghen and Plein Air', The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, L, no. 289, April 1927, p. 196, citing the painting sold in the Hoeffslager described as 'Marcus Mutius Romeyn' (loc. cit.).
B. Nicolson, Hendrick Terbrugghen, London, 1958, p. 49, citing the painting sold in the Hoeffslager sale described as 'Marcus Mutius Romeyn' (loc. cit.).
B. Nicolson, 'Terbrugghen Since 1960', Album Amicorum J.G. Van Gelder, J. Bruyn, J.A. Emmens, E. de Jongh and Dp.P Snoep, eds., The Hague, 1973, pp. 238-239, figs. 7 and 8.
G. Algranti, Exhibition of Old Masters, exhibition catalogue, London, 1974, illustrated.
B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, Oxford, 1979, p. 189.
B. Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, Oxford and New York, 1979, pp. 98 and 211.
G. Algranti, Exhibition of Old Masters, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1981, no. 7, illustrated.
R.W. Bissell, Orazio Gentileschi and the poetic tradition in Caravaggesque painting, University Park and London, 1981, pp. 66 and 93, notes 30 and 31.
M. Marini, 'Gli esordi del Caravaggio e il concetto di "natura" nei primi decenni del Seicento a Roma. Equivoci del caravaggismo', Artibus et historiae, II, no. 4, 1981, p. 66, fig. 37, erroneously listed as with Knoedler Gallery, New York.
L.J. Slatkes, 'Book reviews: Benedict Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement. Oxford (Phaidon) 1979.', Simiolus, XII, nos. 2⁄3, 1981-1982, pp. 182-183.
C. Schuckman, 'Did Hendrick ter Brugghen revisit Italy? Notes from an unknown manuscript by Cornelis de Bie', The Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury, IV, 1986, pp. 9-10 and 15, fig. 14.
L.J. Slatkes, 'Das Werk des Hendrick ter Brugghen', Holländische malerei in neuem licht: Hendrick ter Brugghen und seine zeitgenossen, A. Blankert and L.J. Slatkes, eds., exhibition catalogue, Utrecht and Braunschweig, 1986, p. 49, fig. 44.
M.J. Bok, 'Schilderijen van Hendrick ter Brugghen', Holländische malerei in neuem licht: Hendrick ter Brugghen und seine zeitgenossen, A. Blankert and L.J. Slatkes, eds., exhibition catalogue, Utrecht and Braunschweig, 1986, p. 71, citing the painting sold in the Hoeffslager sale described as 'Marcus Mutius Romeyn' (loc. cit.).
P. van Kooij, 'Ter Brugghen, Dürer and Lucas van Leyden', The Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury, V, 1987, pp. 15 and 19, note 9, fig. 10, as Attributed to ter Brugghen.
L.J. Slatkes, 'Rethinking ter Brugghen's Early Chronology', Hendrick ter Brugghen und die nachfolger Caravaggios in Holland: Beiträge eines symposium aus anlaß der ausstellung "Holländische malerei in neuem licht : Hendrick ter Brugghen und seine zeitgenossen", R. Klessman, ed., Braunschweig, 1988, pp. 77, 80 and 82-84, notes 11, 12, 41 and 42, fig. 98.
J. Nieuwstraten, 'Some Remarks on Ter Brugghen', Hendrick ter Brugghen und die nachfolger Caravaggios in Holland: Beiträge eines symposium aus anlaß der ausstellung "Holländische malerei in neuem licht : Hendrick ter Brugghen und seine zeitgenossen", R. Klessman, ed., Braunschweig, 1988, pp. 100-101, as not by ter Brugghen, possibly by R. van Adelo.
G.J.M. Weber, 'Ter Brugghen, Elsheimer, Poel and Rubens', The Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury, VII, 1988, p. 26, note 21.
B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, I, Turin 1989, p. 189.
A. Garen, Mucius Scaevola vor Porsenna: Frühneuzeitliche auffassungen einer römischen bürgertugend in der europäischen malerei vom 15. - 18. Jahrhundert, Osnabrück, 2003, I, pp. 148-149, note 386, II p. 29, no. 67, illustrated
W. Prohaska, in Darkness & Light: Caravaggio & his world, exhibition catalogue, Sydney and Melbourne, 2003, p. 100 and note 5.
P.H. Janssen, 'Book Review: Leonard J. Slatkes and Wayne Franits, The Paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1588-1629: Catalogue Raisonné', Simiolus, XXXII, no. 4, 2006, pp. 315, 316, as not autograph.
L.J. Slatkes and W. Franits, The Paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen 1588-1629: Catalogue Raisonné, Amsterdam and Philadelphia, 2007, pp. 12-14, 29, 43-44, 142-144 and 348, no. A43, plate. 42.
G. Papi, ‘Per la ricostruzione del soggiorno di Hendrick ter Brugghen in Italia’, Ter Brugghen dall’Olanda all’Italia sulle orme di Caravaggio, F. Fischetti and G. Papi, eds., exhibition catalogue, Modena, 2023-24, pp. 37-38 and 41, fig. 26 (detail).
J. Gash, ‘Additions to Ter Brugghen in Italy: “Christ bound to the column” and “St John the Baptist in the wilderness”’, The Burlington Magazine, XLXVII, March 2025, pp. 237-238 and 240, fig. 17.
Exhibited
London, Helikon, Exhibition of Old Masters, June-September 1974.
New York, I. & G. Fine Art International and Knoedler Gallery, Exhibition of Old Masters, 7 May-6 June 1981, no. 7.
Modena, Gallerie Estensi, Ter Brugghen dall’Olanda all’Italia sulle orme di Caravaggio, 13 October 2023-14 January 2024, no. 7, color photograph only; entry by T. Borgogelli.
New York, I. & G. Fine Art International and Knoedler Gallery, Exhibition of Old Masters, 7 May-6 June 1981, no. 7.
Modena, Gallerie Estensi, Ter Brugghen dall’Olanda all’Italia sulle orme di Caravaggio, 13 October 2023-14 January 2024, no. 7, color photograph only; entry by T. Borgogelli.
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