PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACQUES GOUDSTIKKER
Gerard Houckgeest (The Hague 1600-1661 Bergen op Zoom)
A gothic church interior with elegant figures
Details
Gerard Houckgeest (The Hague 1600-1661 Bergen op Zoom)
A gothic church interior with elegant figures
signed and dated 'G. Houckgeest 1640' (lower right)
oil on panel
19 5/8 x 15 3/8 in. (49.7 x 38.6 cm.)
A gothic church interior with elegant figures
signed and dated 'G. Houckgeest 1640' (lower right)
oil on panel
19 5/8 x 15 3/8 in. (49.7 x 38.6 cm.)
Provenance
with Asscher & Koetser, London.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1920; inv. 322/1176.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1945.
In the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1920; inv. 322/1176.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1945.
In the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.
Literature
L. de Vries, 'Gerard Houckgeest', in Jahrbuch der Hamburger Kunstsammlungen, XX, 1975, pp. 25-56, fig. 6.
C. Wright, Paintings in Dutch Museums. An Index of Oil Paintings in Public Collections in The Netherlands by Artists born before 1870, London, 1980, p. 185.
W.A. Liedtke, Architectural Painting in Delft: Gerard Houckgeest, Hendrik van Vliet, Emanuel de Witte, Doornspijk, 1982, fig. 12.
Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), The Hague, 1992, p. 145, no. 1192, illustrated.
C. Wright, Paintings in Dutch Museums. An Index of Oil Paintings in Public Collections in The Netherlands by Artists born before 1870, London, 1980, p. 185.
W.A. Liedtke, Architectural Painting in Delft: Gerard Houckgeest, Hendrik van Vliet, Emanuel de Witte, Doornspijk, 1982, fig. 12.
Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), The Hague, 1992, p. 145, no. 1192, illustrated.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Jacques Goudstikker Gallery, Collectie Goudstikker, October 1917, no. 25.
Amsterdam, Jacques Goudstikker Gallery, Collectie Goudstikker, November 1917, no. 23.
Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitae, Catalogus van de Collectie Goudstikker, November-December 1918, no. 30.
Copenhagen, Udstilling af aeldre og nyere Hollandsk malerkunst, 1922, no. 60. Rotterdam, Boijmans van Beuningen, Vermeer: Oorsprong en invloed, Fabritius, de Hooch, de Witte, 9 July-9 October 1935, p. 26, no. 58, illustrated.
The Hague, Picture Gallery of Prince William V, on loan from the Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam, inv. NK 1492.
Amsterdam, Jacques Goudstikker Gallery, Collectie Goudstikker, November 1917, no. 23.
Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitae, Catalogus van de Collectie Goudstikker, November-December 1918, no. 30.
Copenhagen, Udstilling af aeldre og nyere Hollandsk malerkunst, 1922, no. 60. Rotterdam, Boijmans van Beuningen, Vermeer: Oorsprong en invloed, Fabritius, de Hooch, de Witte, 9 July-9 October 1935, p. 26, no. 58, illustrated.
The Hague, Picture Gallery of Prince William V, on loan from the Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam, inv. NK 1492.
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