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3086

Pieter van der Werff

Kralingen-Ambacht 1665 – 1722 Rotterdam

The Penitent Mary Magdalene. After 1712

Oil on panel. 38 x 28 cm (15 x 11 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Pieter van der Werff. The Penitent Mary Magdalene. After 1712.

Estimate:

EUR 8,000

 

- 12,000

USD 8,930

 

- 13,400

Sold for:

10,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 237-246

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

Information

Oil on panel. 38 x 28 cm (15 x 11 in.). On the reverse on an 18th century label: B. Nr. 46 / on the reverse red wax signet: four-part, with two curved projections, under a Count's coronet. On the reverse, the panel pasted over with canvas. Framed

Comparable works: Pieter van der Werff: Penitent Mary Magdalene, Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beunigen, inv. no. 1973 / Adriaen van der Werff: Die Krönung der Jungfrau Maria, 1713 (from the series the 15 mysteries of the Rosary), Munich (Schleißheim), Staatsgemäldesammlung.

Related literature: Barbara Gaehtgens: Adriaen van der Werff. 1659–1722, Munich 1987, p. 333f., cat. no. 82.

We would like to thank Barbara Gaehtgens, Los Angeles, for the valuable information provided..

Presumably collection of the owner of the Berliner Börsen-Zeitung newspaper, Arnold Killisch v. Horn (1862–1939), Berlin-Pankow / to his widow Gertrud Killisch v. Horn (1893–1943), Berlin / 1940 collection Kurt Rohde, Berlin / 1943 as deposit Elisabeth Berbig, Dresden / collection Elisabeth Rohde, Berlin.

Source, collection Rohde-Hinze: receipt Gertrud Killisch v. Horn, 6 February 1940, 500 RM / book inventory no. 860 (1940)