Property from the Estate of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
The Levite and his concubine
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December 4, 01:51 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Property from the Estate of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Amsterdam 1621–1674
he Levite and his concubine
signed and dated lower left: G . V. Eeckhout . fe / A . 1663 .
oil on oak panel
unframed: 36.5 x 31.4 cm.; 14⅜ x 12⅜ in.
framed: 47.8 x 42 cm.; 18⅞ x 16½ in.
Dr Johan P. Wierman, Leiden;
His sale, Amsterdam, van der Land, 18 August 1762, lot 3, for 215 florins, to Neufville;
Probably Jan Isaac de Neufville (1706–1772), Amsterdam.
G. Hoet, Catalogus of Naamlyst van Schilderyen, met derzelver prysen, The Hague 1770, p. 252, no. 3.
This composition is repeated in a drawing by Pièrre Recco (1765/6–1820), today in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt.1 Although Recco spent much of his working life in Switzerland, he was was born in Amsterdam and undertook his artistic training there. He likely saw this painting while he was still in the city, therefore, as it appeared for sale in Amsterdam in 1762 (see Provenance).
We are grateful to Professor Volker Manuth for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. This painting will be included in Professor Manuth's forthcoming monograph on Gerbrand van den Eeckhout.
1 Object no. 4497 Z; gouache, graphie and chalk on paper, 36.5 x 31.2 cm.; https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/the-levite-and-his-concubine.
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