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Bernhard Keil, called Monsù Bernardo Helsingör 1624 - 1687 Rome
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Bernhard Keil, called Monsù Bernardo
- Two children playing a practical joke on a sleeping boy
- oil on canvas
Provenance
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady'), London, Christie's, 25 March 1977, lot 26;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 14 April 1978, lot 30;
Carrick Hall, Dublin (according to an inscription in chalk on the reverse).
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 14 April 1978, lot 30;
Carrick Hall, Dublin (according to an inscription in chalk on the reverse).
Literature
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, vol. III, Landau/Pfalz 1983, p. 1463, no. 967, reproduced;
M. Heimbürger, "Una Mostra Problematica", in Arte Veneta, vol. XL, 1986, p. 291, reproduced p. 290, fig. 2;
M. Heimbürger, "Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Gian Battista Piazzetta e una loro comune fonte d'ispirazione", in Paragone, vol. 447, 1987, p. 26, reproduced plate 16;
M. Heimbürger, Bernardo Keilhau detto Monsù Bernardo, Rome 1988, p. 188, no. 73, reproduced.
Catalogue Note
This is one of a series of paintings by Keil all of the same dimensions and all depicting two or three children making mischief (for the others see M. Heimbürger, under Literature, pp. 186-192, nos. 68-79).