Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Property from a Private Midwest Collection
Attributed to Christian van Couwenbergh
A young man in a niche holding a jug and a glass
Lot Closed
March 23, 02:31 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Midwest Collection
Attributed to Christian van Couwenbergh
Delft 1604-1667 Cologne
A young man in a niche holding a jug and a glass
bears inscription upper left: F. Hals
oil on canvas
canvas: 27 ¼ by 22 ⅜ in.; 69.2 by 56.8 cm.
framed: 35 ¼ by 30 ¾ in.; 89.5 by 78.1 cm.
This painting seems to come closest in style and handling to the work of Christian van Couwenbergh, although the composition seems to have visual connections to the work of Werner van den Valckert, particularly in his Portrait of a Young Girl with Pancakes in a Window, dated 1624.1
1. Oil on canvas, 71 by 57.5 cm, dated 1624 lower center. https://rkd.nl/explore/images/108694