- 109
Attributed to Caspar Netscher Heidelberg (?) 1639 - 1684 The Hague
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Description
- Caspar Netscher
- The Music Lesson
- signed or inscribed with monogram
- oil on panel, with an arched top
Provenance
Joseph Augustin Brentano, Frankfurt;
By whom sold, Amsterdam, May 13, 1822, lot 240, for 412 florins, by Steengracht;
Jhr. Johan Steengracht van Oostcappelle;
Jhr. Hendrik Steengracht van Oosterland;
Jhr. Hendrik Adolf Steengracht van Duivenvoorde;
Steengracht estate sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, June 9, 1913, lot 52 (as Caspar Netscher), for 18,200 francs, to Van Gelder;
Collection Smidt van Gelder, Klein Bentveld, Aerdenhout;
With E. Speelman, London;
With Galerie Bruno Meissner, Zurich (as Constantijn Netscher);
Anonymous sale, Monaco, Sotheby's, March 5, 1984, lot 1017 (as Attributed to Caspar Netscher);
With Bob Haboldt & Co., New York;
From whom purchased by the present owner.
By whom sold, Amsterdam, May 13, 1822, lot 240, for 412 florins, by Steengracht;
Jhr. Johan Steengracht van Oostcappelle;
Jhr. Hendrik Steengracht van Oosterland;
Jhr. Hendrik Adolf Steengracht van Duivenvoorde;
Steengracht estate sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, June 9, 1913, lot 52 (as Caspar Netscher), for 18,200 francs, to Van Gelder;
Collection Smidt van Gelder, Klein Bentveld, Aerdenhout;
With E. Speelman, London;
With Galerie Bruno Meissner, Zurich (as Constantijn Netscher);
Anonymous sale, Monaco, Sotheby's, March 5, 1984, lot 1017 (as Attributed to Caspar Netscher);
With Bob Haboldt & Co., New York;
From whom purchased by the present owner.
Exhibited
Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, 17e Eeuwse Meesters uit Gelders Bezit, 20 June - 30 August, 1953, lot no. 46.
Literature
J. Immerzeel, De levens en wercken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs, en bouwmesters..., Amsterdam 1843, p. 261;
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century..., London, 1913, vol. V, p. 188-89, under no. 119 (as a replica of the Louvre painting);
M. E. Wieseman, Caspar Netscher, Doornspijk 2002, p. 200, under cat. no. 48, copy b., (as a "good studio replica").
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century..., London, 1913, vol. V, p. 188-89, under no. 119 (as a replica of the Louvre painting);
M. E. Wieseman, Caspar Netscher, Doornspijk 2002, p. 200, under cat. no. 48, copy b., (as a "good studio replica").
Catalogue Note
Another version of the present painting is in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (signed CNetscher f., oil on panel, 45 by 35.5. cm.). The Louvre painting is datable to circa 1664-65.