Master Paintings and Drawings

Master Paintings and Drawings

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Property from a Private Midwest Collection

Attributed to Christian van Couwenbergh

A young man in a niche holding a jug and a glass

Lot Closed

March 23, 02:31 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Midwest Collection

Attributed to Christian van Couwenbergh

Delft 1604-1667 Cologne

A young man in a niche holding a jug and a glass


bears inscription upper left: F. Hals

oil on canvas

canvas: 27 ¼ by 22 ⅜ in.; 69.2 by 56.8 cm.  

framed: 35 ¼ by 30 ¾ in.; 89.5 by 78.1 cm.  

This painting seems to come closest in style and handling to the work of Christian van Couwenbergh, although the composition seems to have visual connections to the work of Werner van den Valckert, particularly in his Portrait of a Young Girl with Pancakes in a Window, dated 1624.1

 

1. Oil on canvas, 71 by 57.5 cm, dated 1624 lower center.   https://rkd.nl/explore/images/108694