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FOLLOWER OF REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN

Lot 122
03.12.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1513691
Lot 122 | FOLLOWER OF REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
FOLLOWER OF REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
Head of a bearded man
oil on panel
11 ¼ x 9 3/8 in. (28.7 x 23.7 cm.)




Provenance

Peter William Baker, M.P. (?1756-1815), Ranston House, Dorset, and by inheritance at Ranston to his cousin,
Sir Edward Baker Littlehales, 1st Bt. (1764-1825), and by descent to his son,
Lt.-Col. Sir Edward Baker, 2nd Bt. (1806-1877), and by inheritance to his brother,
Rev. Sir Talbot Hastings Bendall Baker, 3rd Bt. (1820-1900), and by descent to his son,
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker, 4th Bt. (1879-1959); Christie’s, London, 4 July 1919, lot 28, as 'Rembrandt', where acquired for 400 gns. by the following,
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, as 'Rembrandt', where acquired in July 1922 by the following,
with George Morland Agnew and Thomas Agnew Ansdell, where acquired via Leggatts in 1926 for £3,500 by,
Major-General Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt., G.C.V.O. (1893-1973), Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire; his sale (†), Sotheby's, London, 24 May 1995 (=1st day), lot 68, as 'Follower of Rembrandt'.



Literature

Beeldende Kunst, VIII, November 1920, n.p., no. 2, illustrated, as 'Rembrandt'.
W. Valentiner, Rembrandt: Wiedergefundene Gemälde, Stuttgart and Berlin, 1921, p. 75, illustrated, as 'Rembrandt' and dated to circa 1655.
'Masterpieces from Many Schools: Fine Paintings from the Wernher Collection now exhibited in London', The Illustrated London News, CCIX, 12 October 1946, p. 24, illustrated, as 'Rembrandt'.
(Probably) M. Urwick Smith, The History and Treasures of Luton Hoo: The Wernher Collection, London, 1963, p. 4, as 'Rembrandt'.



Exhibited

London, Wildenstein, Loan exhibition of the collection of Sir Harold Wernher K.C.V.O in aid of King Edward’s Hospital Fund, 2 October-9 November 1946, no. 3, as 'Rembrandt'.
London, Guildhall Art Gallery, Paintings from the Wernher Collection, Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, 14 November-11 December 1953, no. 34, as 'Rembrandt'.
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