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Herman Doncker Active in Haarlem before 1620 - after 1656
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Description
- Herman Doncker
- an elegant company making merry in an interior with two dogs in the foreground
- signed with monogram and dated: HD (in ligature) 1634
- oil on panel
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Paris, Charpentier, 16 June 1960, lot 42;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Drouot, 28 June 1961, lot 39;
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Brandt, 11 December 1962, lot 508, (all the above as by Dirck Hals).
Anonymous sale, Paris, Drouot, 28 June 1961, lot 39;
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Brandt, 11 December 1962, lot 508, (all the above as by Dirck Hals).
Literature
F. Laarmann, 'Herman Meindertsz. Doncker - Ein origineller Künstler zweiten ranges', in Oud Holland, vol. 114, 2000, p. 35, reproduced fig. 3.
Catalogue Note
Doncker entered the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1653. Apart from his portraits, for which he is mostly known, Doncker also painted elegant companies in the style of Anthonie Palamedesz. (1601-1673) and Pieter Codde (1599-1678), such as the present picture.
The present lot was correctly re-attributed to Doncker by Fred G. Meijer and Rudi Ekkart.