Abraham Bloemaert
An elderly man, bust-length, in a brown coat and hat; An elderly woman, bust-length, in a brown coat and headscarf
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Abraham Bloemaert
Gorinchem 1566–1651 Utrecht
An elderly man, bust-length, in a brown coat and hat
An elderly woman, bust-length, in a brown coat and headscarf
the man signed and dated upper left: ABloemaert. fe. / 1634 (AB in ligature)
the woman signed and dated upper left: ABloemaert. fe / 1634 (AB in ligature)
a pair, both oil on oak panel
one: 37.7 x 27.6 cm.; 14⅞ x 10⅞ in.
the other: 37.7 x 27.5 cm.; 14⅞ x 10⅞ in.
(2)
Counts Wallmode, Hanover;
From whom acquired by Prince Georg Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1784–1860), Bückeburg Castle, near Hanover, in 1819;
Thence by descent;
Until sold to Wilhelm Peter Bruno Lohse (1911–2007), Munich and Berlin, in March 1939;
Private collection, Munich, by 1993;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 24 April 2009, lot 1, for £133,250;
Where acquired by Johnny van Haeften Ltd, London;
From whom acquired in 2010.
Inventory of Bückeburg Castle, MS, 1880, nos 117–18;
G. Delbanco, Der Maler Abraham Bloemaert (1564–1651), Strasbourg 1928, p. 77, nos 42a and 42b;
M.G. Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert and his sons: paintings and prints, Ghent 1993, vol. I, pp. 330–31, nos 520–21; vol. II, reproduced figs 704–5.
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