Property from a Prominent Washington, D.C. Estate
Attributed to Abraham de Vries
Portrait of an Old Man
Auction Closed
May 22, 04:37 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Prominent Washington, D.C. Estate
Attributed to Abraham de Vries
The Hague (?) circa 1590–1649/50
Portrait of an Old Man
oil on canvas
canvas: 26 by 20 ⅝ in.; 66.0 by 52.4 cm
framed: 38 ⅛ by 33 ⅜ in.; 96.8 by 84.8 cm
Henry Joseph Pfungst (1844-1917), London, by 1904;
From whom acquired by James Van Alen, Kettering, Northhamptonshire, by 1908;
Thence by descent to Margaret Louise Van Alen Bruguiere, Wakehust, Newport, Rhode Island;
Her estate sale, London, Christie’s, 5 December 1969, lot 62 (as Dutch School, circa 1635);
Where acquired by "Ridley," for 957 gns.;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 17 July 1970, lot 245 (as Dutch School, circa 1635);
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Van Alen, Newport, Rhode Island;
By whose estate sold ("Property from the Estate of Mrs. James H. Van Alen"), New York, Sotheby's, 22 January 2004, lot 264 (as Manner of Rembrandt);
Where acquired by the present collector.
Dutch Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, London 1904, p. 21, cat. no. 151 (as School of Rembrandt);
J.O. Kronig, "Een Portret van Carel Fabritius," in Oude Kunst 14 (December 1908), pp. 236-237, reproduced (as Carel Fabritius).
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Dutch Exhibition, 30 March - 10 May 1904, no. 151.
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