Lot 30: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (Amsterdam 1621-1674)

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (Amsterdam 1621-1674)
A hermit praying
signed and dated 'G. V. Eeckhout. fe/Aυo1663.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 1/8 x 34 3/8 in. (99.3 x 87.3 cm.)

G. Isarlov, 'Rembrandt et son entourage', La Renaissance, 19, 1936, XI, 36, p. 49, as 'a Hermit'.
W. Sumowski, Bemerkungen zu Otto Benesch Corpus der Rembrandt-Zeichnungen I, Wissenschaftliche Reihei, VI, 1956/57, pp. 256, 268, no. 4, fig. 7, as 'Saint Anthony'.
W. Sumowski, Bemerkungen zu Otto Benesch Corpus der Rembrandt-Zeichnungen, II, Bad Pyrmont, 1961, pp. 17, 23, under nos. 950, as 'Saint Anthony' and A23a, as 'Saint Francis'.
R. Roy, Studien zu Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Ph.D. dissertation, Vienna, 1972, p. 221, under no. 69, as 'Saint Francis, influenced by Rembrandt's etching Bartsch 107'.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, II, pp. 746, 858, no. 495, as 'Saint Francis' with incorrect dimensions.

Dr. Simon Stinstra, Haarlem; sale, Philippe van der Schley, Amsterdam, 26 March 1783, lot 45.
L.J. Quarles van Ufford, Haarlem; sale, Van Pappelendan & Shouten, 23-24 March 1874, lot 10 (f. 350 to H.C. Dubois).
James Duncan; Christie's, London, 16 July 1887, lot 96 (95 gns. to Colnaghi).
with Colgnahi, London.
Geheim Rat, Privvy Counseler, Seeger, Berlin, by whom sold to the following
with Karl Haberstock, 17 January 1920 (Reichmarks 85,000, with eleven other works).
Julius Jewelowski collection, Danzig.
with Agnew's, London; Christie's, London, 9 December 1938, lot 11, as 'Saint Anthony at his devotions', with a certificate from Dr. W. Bode, dated 3 October 1921 (unsold).
with Leger Galleries, London, 1955.
with Appleby Brothers, London, 1962.
Private collection, Delaware, and by descent.
with Colnaghi, London.