Master Paintings
Master Paintings
Property from a Distinguished European Collection
Nicolaes van Helt, called Stockade
Venus and Adonis
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May 20, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
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Property from a Distinguished European Collection
Nicolaes van Helt, called Stockade
Nijmegen 1614 - 1669 Amsterdam
Venus and Adonis
signed and dated lower right: N.v.Helt.Stocade Aº 1654
oil on canvas
canvas: 94 ½ by 77 ⅛ in.; 240 by 196 cm.
Possibly, sale, Amsterdam, 28 May 1706, lot 50 (a Venus and Adonis by Stockade is recorded in this sale in the Hofstede de Grootfiches held by RKD);
Possibly, Joan Deutz and Gertruuyd Bicker, Amsterdam (their deceased inventory 16 April 1712, no. 13);
Baron van Tuyll, Castle Zuylen, near Utrecht (according to Wichmann and Demonts in Literature);
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Hoogendyk, 28 April 1908, lot 50;
Private collection, Paris;
By whom anonymously sold, Paris, Sotheby's, 25 June 2008, lot 28;
There acquired by the present collector.
Possibly, Joan Deutz and Gertruuyd Bicker, Amsterdam (their deceased inventory 16 April 1712, no. 13);
Baron van Tuyll, Castle Zuylen, near Utrecht (according to Wichmann and Demonts in Literature);
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Hoogendyk, 28 April 1908, lot 50;
Private collection, Paris;
By whom anonymously sold, Paris, Sotheby's, 25 June 2008, lot 28;
There acquired by the present collector.
H. Wichmann, "Helt, Nicolas de, alias Stocade," in U. Thieme and F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kunstler, vol. 16, Leipzig 1923, pp. 360-61;
L. Demonts, "Helt-Stockade (Nicolas van). Nimègue 1614, enterré à Amsterdam le 26 novembre 1669", in Revue de l'art ancien et moderne, 1935, v. LXVIII, pp. 73-74.
L. Demonts, "Helt-Stockade (Nicolas van). Nimègue 1614, enterré à Amsterdam le 26 novembre 1669", in Revue de l'art ancien et moderne, 1935, v. LXVIII, pp. 73-74.