Lot 89: Nicolaes Cornelisz. Moeyaert (Durgerdam 1591-1655 Amsterdam)

The Expulsion of Hagar
signed with initials 'CL M' (CL linked, lower right)
oil on panel
38.6 x 49.9 cm.

Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Austellung von Werken alter Meister aus Düsseldorf, 1-31 January 1921, p. 20, no. 56.

K. Woermann, Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der alteren Gemälde der Galerie Weber in Hamburg, Dresden, 1907, p. 197, no. 238, illustrated.
Astrid Tümpel, 'Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert', Oud Holland, LXXXVIII, 1974, pp. 248-9, no. 14, illustrated.

With Galerie Weber, Amsterdam, 1912 (label on the reverse).
Private collection, Düsseldorf, 1921.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 29 June 1979, lot 31.

The present lot is to be dated before 1624. A preparatory drawing is in the Cabinet des Dessins, Louvre.

" ! " :This Lot is imported from outside the EU. The Buyer's Premium is calculated as 30.505% of the hammer price up to a value of €110,000 plus 19.2% of any amount in excess of €110,000.