Follower of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

A woman weeping

Lot Closed

January 30, 05:08 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Stan Battat

Follower of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

A woman weeping

oil on canvas, laid on panel

canvas: 12 by 8 7/8 in.; 30.2 by 22.3 cm.

framed: 15 3/4 by 12 1/2 in.; 40 by 31.8 cm.

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 14 December 2001, lot 31;
There acquired.

This composition derives from a painting by the circle of Rembrandt in the Detroit Institute of Art.¹The Detroit picture is regarded by Professor Werner Sumowski as being an early work by Nicolaes Maes; an alternative attribution to Hoogstraten has also been proposed.

1. Oil on panel, 21.3 by 16.8 cm., inv. no. 56.183. See https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/woman-weeping-58249