Master Art

Date:  circa 1662
Period:  Dutch
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signature: Signed with monogram
Dimensions: 238 x 173 cm (93³/₄ x 68¹/₈ inches)
Provenance: Edward Francis Searles (1841-1920), Methuen, Massachusetts
Convent of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, Methuen, Massachusetts
French & Company, New York, 1987
Collection Hubert de Givenchy (1927-2018), Hôtel d'Orrouer, Paris
His sale, Christie's, Monaco, December 4, 1993, lot 52
Christie’s, Paris, June 30, 2022, lot 11.

Literature: C. Brusati, Artifice and Illusion. The art and writing of Samuel van Hoogstraten, Chicago-Londres, 1995, p. 205, p. 366, n° 95, reproduce pl. XV, p. 205, fig. 142.
M. Roscam Abbing, De schilder & schrijver. Samuel van Hoogstraten 1627 - 1678. Eigentijdse bronnen & oeuvre van gesigneerde schilderijen, Leyde, 1993, p. 133, n°34, p. 133.
F. Yalcin, 'Van Hoogstraten's Success in Britain', in T. Weststeijn, The universal art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678). Painter, Writer, and Courtier, Amsterdam, 2013, p. 168, p. 168, fig. 64.

Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints