Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff (Dutch, 1824-1882)
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Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff (Dutch, 1824-1882)

A moment of contemplation

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Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff (Dutch, 1824-1882)
A moment of contemplation
signed and dated 'AH Bakker Korff 73' (lower right)
oil on panel
22.5 x 17 cm.
Provenance
J.H. Sala Sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 11 February 1886, lot 8.
Anonymous sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 20 November 1923, lot 64, as: Le petit déjeuner (f. 3.600).
J. Lierens, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 14-17 October 1941, lot 348, as: Het lezen van de bijbel (f. 5.100).
B. de Geus van den Heuvel, Nieuwersluis aan de Vecht.
B. de Geus van den Heuvel sale, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 27 April 1976, lot 105, as: The Translation (f. 26.000).
Kunsthandel A.H. Bies, Eindhoven, 1984.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 27 April 1987, lot 16, as: Reading the bible.
Exhibited
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, September 1924, cat.no. 32, as: Het lezen van de bijbel.
Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum, Schilderijen der Nederlandse- en Franse School uit de verzameling van B. de Geus van den Heuvel, Amsterdam, 20 December 1952-18 January 1953, cat.no. 3.
Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum, Precieuse tafereeltjes. Schilderijen en tekeningen door Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff (1824-1882), 18 December 1954-23 January 1955, cat.no. 14, as: Het lezen van de bijbel.
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, 1958, cat.no. 38.
Amsterdam, Museum Willet Holthuysen, Romantische school, 1958-1959, cat.no. B.78, as: Lezing van de bijbel.
Laren, Singer Museum, Keuze uit de collectie B. de Geus van den Heuvel, 1964, cat.no. 16, as: Het lezen van de bijbel.
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