Old Masters
Old Masters
Auction Closed
May 8, 12:10 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
JACOB DUCK
Utrecht (?) circa 1600 - 1667
A Musician;
A Hunter
the former signed lower right: J.DVCK
a pair, both oil on copper
each: 18 x 14.5 cm.; 7⅛ x 5¾ in.
(2)
Sale, The Hague, Kunst Schilders Confrerie-Kamer, 24 April 1737, lot 73;
Hendrik Verschuuring, Commis ter Finantie van Holland, The Hague;
His posthumous sale, The Hague, Rietmulder, 17 September 1770, lots 49 and 50;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1934, lot 80, for 5 1/2 Guineas;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 October 2008, lot 69, where acquired by the present owner post-sale.
J.C. Weyerman, De Levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche Konst-schilders en Konst-schilderessen, The Hague 17269, vol. 4, p. 40;
P. Terwesten, Catalogus of Naamlyst van Schilderyen, met derzelver prysen zedert den 22. Augusti 1752 tot den 21. November 1768, The Hague 1770, p. 15;
J. Rosen, Jacob Duck c. 1600-1667. Catalogue Raisonné, Amsterdam 2017, p. 228, cat. nos 131 and 132, reproduced in colour.
At the time of the Sotheby's 2008 sale, these paintings bore labels on the reverse referring to William Jenkins, Clifton Court.