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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.