Master Paintings Part I
Master Paintings Part I
Hans Vredeman de Vries
The Emperor Trajan and the widow
Auction Closed
January 26, 05:50 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Hans Vredeman de Vries
Leeuwarden 1527 - 1607 Antwerp or Hamburg
The Emperor Trajan and the widow
signed and dated lower right: HANS.VME. VRIESE 1572 (HANS and VME interlaced)
oil on oak panel
panel: 28⅜ by 42 in.; 72.1 by 106.7 cm.
framed: 37¼ by 51 in.; 94.6 by 129.5 cm.
With Jänner, Prague, by 1820;
From whom acquired by an ancestor of a private collector, for 20 Louis d'ors;
Thence by direct descent in the family and anonymously sold ("Property from a German Princely Family"), London, Sotheby's, 30 April 2014, lot 729;
Where acquired by the present owner.
From whom acquired by an ancestor of a private collector, for 20 Louis d'ors;
Thence by direct descent in the family and anonymously sold ("Property from a German Princely Family"), London, Sotheby's, 30 April 2014, lot 729;
Where acquired by the present owner.
P. Boesch, "Trajan und die Witwe auf schweizerischen Glasgemälden," in Zeitschrift für schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte 12 (1951), pp. 218-220;
Renaissance in Weserraum, G. Ulrich Grobmann (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Lemgo 1989, vol. I, p. 127, cat. no. 17, reproduced plate 5;
L. Dittrich and S. Dittrich, "Tiere in Höfen und Gärten von Palästen auf Bildern von Hans und Paul Vredeman de Vries," in Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte 32 (1993), pp. 90-107;
H. Borggrefe, V. Lüpkes, P. Huvenne and B. van Beneden, Hans Vredeman de Vries und die Renaissance im Norden, exhibition catalogue, Munich 2002, pp. 283-284, cat. no. 121, reproduced p. 283, fig. 121.
Renaissance in Weserraum, G. Ulrich Grobmann (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Lemgo 1989, vol. I, p. 127, cat. no. 17, reproduced plate 5;
L. Dittrich and S. Dittrich, "Tiere in Höfen und Gärten von Palästen auf Bildern von Hans und Paul Vredeman de Vries," in Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte 32 (1993), pp. 90-107;
H. Borggrefe, V. Lüpkes, P. Huvenne and B. van Beneden, Hans Vredeman de Vries und die Renaissance im Norden, exhibition catalogue, Munich 2002, pp. 283-284, cat. no. 121, reproduced p. 283, fig. 121.