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Property from an Italian Private Collection
Workshop of Dirck van Baburen
A young man playing the violin
Lot Closed
July 8, 01:50 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Italian Private Collection
Workshop of Dirck van Baburen
Wijk bij Duurstede, near Utrecht circa 1594/5 - 1624 Utrecht
A young man playing the violin
oil on canvas, laid on panel
unframed: 82.9 x 65.5 cm.; 32⅝ x 25¾ in.
framed: 106 x 89 cm.; 41¾ x 35 in.
With Dr. C. Benedict, Berlin, 1929;
Direktör P.W. Widengren, Stockholm, by 1958;
Anonymous sale, Stockholm, H. Bukowskis, 15-18 April 1959, lot 219 (as Ter Brugghen);
Where acquired by the uncle of the present owner.
Direktör P.W. Widengren, Stockholm, by 1958;
Anonymous sale, Stockholm, H. Bukowskis, 15-18 April 1959, lot 219 (as Ter Brugghen);
Where acquired by the uncle of the present owner.
This lot is sold pursuant to a settlement agreement between the Van Diemen&Co and the current owner.
B. Nicolson, Hendrick Terbrugghen, The Hague 1958, p. 128, under cat. no. E115, reproduced fig. 106b (as Follower of Ter Brugghen and Baburen);
B. Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, London and Oxford 1979, p. 35 (as Master B, an imitator of Ter Brugghen and Baburen);
B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, Turin 1989, vol. I, p. 84, reproduced vol. III, fig. 1078 (as Master B, an imitator of Ter Brugghen and Baburen);
L.J. Slatkes and W. Franits, The paintings of Hendrick Ter Brugghen: Catalogue Raisonné, Amsterdam 2007, p. 234, cat. no. WTBVB16, reproduced p. 411, pl. 111 (as Workshop of Ter Brugghen and Baburen; location unknown).
B. Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, London and Oxford 1979, p. 35 (as Master B, an imitator of Ter Brugghen and Baburen);
B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, Turin 1989, vol. I, p. 84, reproduced vol. III, fig. 1078 (as Master B, an imitator of Ter Brugghen and Baburen);
L.J. Slatkes and W. Franits, The paintings of Hendrick Ter Brugghen: Catalogue Raisonné, Amsterdam 2007, p. 234, cat. no. WTBVB16, reproduced p. 411, pl. 111 (as Workshop of Ter Brugghen and Baburen; location unknown).
We are grateful to Wayne Franits, Professor of Art History at Syracuse University, for endorsing the attribution based on first-hand inspection.