
Property from the Estate of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island
Ruth and Boaz
Live auction begins on:
February 6, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Bid
32,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Amsterdam 1621–1674
Ruth and Boaz
signed and dated lower right: Gerbt, v , Eeckhoút. Fec, / Ao 1672.
oil on canvas
canvas: 58 by 66 in.; 147.3 by 167.6 cm
framed: 70 ¾ by 78 in.; 179.7 by 198.1 cm
Mme L.H. Roblot, Paris;
Her estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 13 March 1914, lot 14;
Where acquired by "Féral" for 750 francs;
Anonymous sale ("Collection E. de C."), Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 18 November 1953, lot 16;
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Norfolk, Virginia, by 1957;
By whom given to the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia (inv. no. 71.449);
By whom sold ("Property of the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund"), New York, Sotheby's, 2 June 1989, lot 7;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 22 May 2017, lot 76;
Where acquired.
Birmingham, Alabama, The Birmingham Museum of Art, Dutch, Flemish and German Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1957 - 1958, p. 15, reproduced.
G. Isarlov, "Rembrandt et son entourage," in La Renaissance 5/6 (May-June 1936), p. 49;
B. Suida Manning, An Exhibition of Dutch, Flemish and German Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., exhibition catalogue, Birmingham 1957, p. 15, reproduced;
R. Roy, Studien zu Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Vienna 1972, p. 214, cat. no. 28;
A. Pigler, Barokthemen, Budapest 1974, vol. I, p. 134;
Bulletin of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk 5, no. 8 (August 1976), reproduced;
W. Sumowski, Drawings from the Rembrandt School, New York 1979, vol. III, p. 1436;
The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Norfolk 1982, p. 42, reproduced;
G. Jansen, in The Impact of a Genius: Rembrandt, His Pupils and Followers in the Seventeenth Century, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam 1983, p. 140;
J.C. Harrison, "The Seventeenth Century in the North," in The Chrysler Museum Gallery Guide, Norfolk 1983, cat. no. 5, reproduced;
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, vol. II, Landau/Pfalz 1983, pp. 744, 848, cat. no. 485, reproduced;
P.C. Sutton, A Guide to Dutch Art in America, Washington, D.C. 1986, p. 205.
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