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Property of a Private Collector

Zeger Jacob van Helmont

Self-Portrait of the Artist Seated Before an Easel

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property of a Private Collector

Zeger Jacob van Helmont

Antwerp 1683 - 1736 Brussels

Self-Portrait of the Artist Seated Before an Easel


signed at center on the chair's back: J · S · Z · / Helmont / P.

oil on canvas

canvas: 38 ⅜ by 32 ⅜ in.; 97.5 by 82.2 cm

framed: 49 ⅝ by 42 ½ in.; 126.0 by 108.0 cm

With Frank T. Sabin Gallery, London, 1928;

Anonymous sale ("Different Properties"), London, Christie's, 6 May 1938, lot 63;

Where acquired by "Morley";

Anonymous sale ("Different Properties"), London, Christie's, 30 March 1951, lot 114 (as J.S. van Helmont);

Where acquired by "Veale," for £34;

Anonymous sale, Paris, Ader, Picard, Tajan, 29 November 1976, lot 41;

Anonymous sale, Paris, Ader, Picard, Tajan, 13 June 1978, lot 25;

Private collection, France;

Anonymous sale, Paris, Piasa, 22 June 2007, lot 51;

With Haboldt & Co., Paris, by 2011;

From whom acquired by the present collector.

G.M.C. Jansen, in Gian Enzo Sperone: Dealer/Collector, Turin 2019, pp. 348-349, reproduced.