ID 1358463
Lot 39 | EMANUEL DE WITTE (ALKMAAR C. 1617-1692 AMSTERDAM)
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
signed and dated ‘E · De · Witte / Ao 1677’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 7/8 x 46 ¼ in. (129.3 x 117.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; van der Schley a.o., Amsterdam, 8-9 August 1804, lot 223 (f 40 to Roos?).
Private collection, Boston area, circa 1930-8.
with Rosenthal Brothers, Boston, by 1948, where acquired for $500 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on 13 January 1949.
Literature
‘Accessions, November 19, 1948 through March 23, 1949,’ Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, XLVII, no. 268, June 1949, p. 35.
W.G. Constable, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in Oil, Tempera and Pastel, Boston, 1955, p. 70.
I. Manke, Emmanuel de Witte, 1617-1692, Amsterdam, 1963, p. 98, no. 87, fig. 78, as Emanuel de Witte with the possible collaboration of Hendrik van Streek.
W.A. Liedtke, ‘From Vredeman de Vries to Dirck van Delen: Sources of Imaginary Architectural Painting,’ Bulletin of Rhode Island School of Design, LVII, no. 2, December 1970, pp. 22-23, fig. 6.
J. Walsh, Jr. and C.P. Schneider, ‘Little-known Dutch paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,’ Apollo, CX, no. 214, December 1979, pp. 504-506, fig. 5.
A.R. Murphy, European Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue, Boston, 1985, p. 303, illustrated.
C. Wright, The World’s Master Paintings: From the Early Renaissance to the Present Day, I, London and New York, 1992, p. 385.
D.R. Barnes, The Butcher, The Baker, The Candle Stick maker: Jan Luyken’s mirrors of 17th century Dutch Life, exhibition catalogue, Hempstead, 1995, p. 237, fig. 100.1.
B.G. Maillet, Intérieurs d'Églises: La Peinture Architecturale des Écoles du Nord, 1580-1720, Wijnegem, 2012, p. 480, no. M-1814, illustrated.
Exhibited
Wilmington, Delaware Art Center, Paintings by Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century, 6 May-17 June 1951, no. 36, as ‘Jacob de Witte’.
Hempstead, Hofstra University Art Museum, People at Work: Seventeenth Century Dutch Art, 17 April-15 June 1988, no. 24.
Rimini, Castel Sismondo, Da Rembrandt a Gauguin a Picasso: L’incanto della pittura, 10 October 2009-14 March 2010, no. 35.
Tokyo, Mori Arts Center Gallery and Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art, European Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 17 April-29 August 2010, no. 32.
Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum and St. Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum, In the Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 20 October 2019-1 January 2020.
| Artist: | Emanuel De Witte (1617 - 1692) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Emanuel De Witte (1617 - 1692) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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