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3073

Jacob van Spreeuwen

Leiden 1609/ 1610 – 1658 or later

An old woman, combing a child's hair. Circa 1635/45

Oil on oak. 70 x 85 cm (27 ½ x 33 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Jacob van Spreeuwen. An old woman, combing a child's hair. Circa 1635/45.

Estimate:

EUR 12,000

 

- 18,000

USD 13,400

 

- 20,100

Sold for:

10,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 237-246

The Rohde-Hinze Collection 1 – Old Masters, Friday, 03.07.2015

Information

Oil on oak. 70 x 85 cm (27 ½ x 33 ½ in.). On the reverse in pencil: bezeichnet: 167 /1 / A 22,2 VV. Catalogue raisonné: Accompanied by a certificate by Max J. Friedländer, Berlin, undated, where described as "ein charakteristisches, ungewöhnlich umfangreiches u. Sehr gut erhaltenes Werk von Gerard Dou“ (in the original) / Accompanied by a certificate by Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, ’s Gravenhage, dated February 1927, no. 3590, where described as an "authentic + caracteristic work of Gerard Dou“ (in the original) / Accompanied by a certificate by Wilhelm von Bode, Berlin, dated 14 March 1927, where described as "ein frühes Hauptwerk des Gerard Dou, der sich hier noch seinem Lehrer Rembrandt eng anschließt... Der Raum, worin die Szene sich abspielt, scheint mir ein Bodenraum in der Mühle von Rembrandts Vater in Leiden zu sein, der als Mädchenkammer hergerichtet war“. Bode identifies the old woman as "Rembrandts Mutter“ (in the original).

Related literature: Werner Sumowski: Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, 6 vols., Landau 1983–94, vol. 4, p. 2548–2588 (Jacob van Spreeuwen) / Eric Jan Sluijter (ed.): Leidse fijnschilders. Van Gerrit Dou tot Frans van Mieris de Jonge 1630–1760, exh.-cat., Leiden 1988.

We would like to thank Ronni Baer, Boston, USA, and Christiaan Vogelaar, Leiden, for the valuable information provided regarding attribution on the basis of photographs..

1927 collection Kurt Rohde, Berlin / collection Elisabeth Rohde, Berlin