Lot 28A: Jacobus Levecq (Dordrecht 1634-1675)

Jacobus Levecq (Dordrecht 1634-1675)
Portrait of a young man in black, half-length
oil on panel
24½ x 18¾ in. (62.2 x 47.6 cm.), with additions: ¼ in. (left edge), ¾ in. (right edge), 1 in. (upper edge)

London, Alfred Brod Gallery, Annual Autumn Exhibition of Paintings by old Dutch and Flemish masters: recent acquisitions, 3-24 January 1959.

Pictures on Exhibit, February 1959, p. 47.
Apollo, LXIX, February 1959, p. 32.
Die Weltkunst, XXIX, no. 3, 1 February 1959, p. 10.
The Scotsman, 5 January 1959.
The Burlington Magazine, CI, no. 671, February 1959, p. 77.
Art News and Review, 17 January 1959.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Landau, 1983, III, pp. 1746, 1750, no. 1164, fig. 1164.

with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam.
F.B.E. Gutmann, Heemstede, prior to 1940.
On deposit with Nathan and Benjamin Katz, Dieren.
Acquired by Hans Posse for the 'Sonderauftrag Linz', 8 November 1940 (inv. 1369).
Recovered by the Western Allies, Munich Central Collecting Point (no. 2644)
Transferred to the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit (no. 710) and returned to Lili Gutmann, February 1954.
with Alfred Brod Ltd., London, by January 1959, from whom acquired by the father of the present owner, May 1959.