After Jan Lievens

Acquired by Prince Joseph Wenzel I. of Liechtenstein (1696-1772).

Sammlungskatalog, manuscript, 1805, no. 353 (as Ferdinand Bol);
J. Falke, Katalog der Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Vienna 1873, p. 15, no. 113 (as Ferdinand Bol);
J. Falke, Katalog der fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Vienna 1885, p. 21, no. 133 (as Ferdinand Bol);
W. Bode, Die Fürstlich Liechtenstein'sche Galerie in Wien, Vienna 1896, p. 60;
W. Suida, Moderner Cicerone, Wien II, Stuttgart 1904, p. 101;
U. Thieme - F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, vol. 23, Leipzig 1929, p. 214;
A. Kronfeld, Führer durch die Fürstlich Liechtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie in Wien, Vienna 1931, pp. 55-56, no. 133 (as Ferdinand Bol);
C.E. Köhne, 'A Rediscovered Picture by Jan Lievens', in The Burlington Magazine 61, 1932, pp. 280, 287 (as Jan Lievens, c. 1631-2);
H. Schneider, Jan Lievens. Sein Leben und seine Werke. Mit einem Supplement von R.E.O. Ekkart, Amsterdam 1973, p. 142 under 332 (as Copy);
R. Baumstark, Meisterwerke der Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein. Gemälde, Zürich 1980, nos. 114, 236, 205 (as Lievens).
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, vol. III, Landau 1983, p. 1805, no. 1275 (as Copy).

The flat, stable support consists of two vertical panels bevelled at top and bottom with 1 cm later additions to the left and right margins. The paint surface is secure in generally in good condition under a dirty varnish. Inspection under UV light reveals some minor scattered retouchings most notably along the margins and the panel join. Offered in a plain wooden frame in good condition.
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A copy after the signed original sold London, Bonhams, 6 December 2006, lot 85.