Lot 12: DIRCK VAN DELEN - (HEUSDEN 1604/5-1671 ARNEMUIDEN)

DIRCK VAN DELEN
(HEUSDEN 1604/5-1671 ARNEMUIDEN)
An architectural capriccio with Jephthah and his daughter
signed and dated ‘D.van Delen.f.1633’ (lower right) and dated ‘Anno. 1633.’
(above the central arch)
oil on panel 50 3/8 x 77 3/8 in. (127.9 x 196.6 cm.)

PROVENANCE:
Simon Stinstra, Amsterdam; his sale, Amsterdam, 26 March, 1783, lot 44.
Lieutenant Colonel William Forbes, Callendar House, Falkirk; Christie’s,
London 29 November, 1963, lot 40 (1400 gns.) to Arnold.
with Didier Aaron & Cie, Paris, 1978.
with Maurice Segoura, Paris, where acquired in 1986 by
Lily and Edmond J. Safra, New York; Sotheby’s, New York, 26 January 2006,
lot 2, where acquired by the present owner.