Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
DIRCK VAN DELEN | An imaginary church interior, with a large pipe organ
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May 7, 02:04 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Portuguese Private Collector
DIRCK VAN DELEN
Heusden circa 1605 - 1671 Arnemuiden
AN IMAGINARY CHURCH INTERIOR, WITH A LARGE PIPE ORGAN
signed and dated centre left in the pediment of the doorway: D VAN. DELEN. / 1631
oil on oak panel
unframed: 51.1 x 68.1 cm.; 20⅛ x 26¾ in.
framed: 63 x 80 cm.; 24 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.
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Henry Rainald, 6th Viscount Gage (1895-1982), Firle Place, Lewes, Sussex;
His sale et al., London, Christie's, 7 March 1952, lot 112, for 30 Guineas to Waters;
Private collection, Europe, before 1990;
In the possession of the family of the present owner since 1990.
T. Trent Blade, The paintings of Dirck van Delen, doctoral diss., University of Minnesota, p. 223, cat. no. 35, reproduced fig. 161.
The same composition, with differences in the staffage, also appears in two works by Hans Jurriaensz. van Baden (sold in Amsterdam at Christie's, 10 November 1997, lot 33,1 and at Glerum, 8 November 1999, lot 52).2