Adriaen van der Werff

Lot 179: WORKSHOP OF ADRIAEN VAN DER WERFF

Name: WORKSHOP OF ADRIAEN VAN DER WERFF
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 4a9c053647

Est: £10,000 GBP - £15,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 09, 2010

Item Overview

Description

WORKSHOP OF ADRIAEN VAN DER WERFF KRALINGEN-AMBACHT 1659 - 1722 ROTTERDAM REST ON THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT oil on panel, arched top, in a carved and parcel gilt frame 65 by 43.2 cm.; 25 5/8 by 17 in.

Artist or Maker

Adriaen van der Werff

Literature

J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters, vol. IV, London 1829, p. 201, no. 68;
H. de Groot, Catalogue of Dutch Painters, vol. X, London, 1907, p. 250, no. 52;
B. Gaeghtgens, Adriaen van der Werff, Munich 1989, p. 315, no. 69 (listed as copy number 2).

Provenance

W. Bragge Esq.;
J.C.F. Gudnry Esq.;
His sale, London, Sotheby's, 14 May 1958, lot 149, for £150 to Carlin;
Acquired from the London art market for the present collection in the late 1970s.

Notes

This is a copy after Van der Werff's original in the National Gallery in London, which is signed and dated 1706. Gaeghtgens lists another copy of the same dimensions, and doesn't exclude the possibility that the two are one and the same.

Auction Details

Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale

Sotheby's

December 09, 2010, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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