ID 770996
Lot 32 | JACOB JORDAENS (ANTWERP 1593-1678)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man
oil on paper, laid on panel
20 1⁄4 x 24 5⁄8 in. (51.5 x 62.5 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute (1793-1848), Luton Park, Bedfordshire; his sale, Christie's, London, 7 June 1822, lot 28, as 'Diogenes with his Lantern, and a numerous Group; a Sketch', sold for 6 gns. to,
John Boykett Jarman (1782-1864), London.
Eugène Broerman (1861-1932), Saint-Gilles; his sale, Giroux, Brussels, 21 March 1927, lot 13.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 July 2009, lot 172, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
(Possibly) 'The Marqius of Bute's Mansion at Luton Hoo: Collection of Pictures at Luton', The Gentleman's Magazine, LXXXVII, part II, London, July 1817, p. 7, no. 73, as 'Diogenes searching for an honestman. Jordaens, as Diogenes, finds Rubens'.
(Possibly) J. P. Neale, 'List of Pictures at Luton Hoo', The Mansions of England Or, Picturesque Delineations of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, I, 1847, p. PP4.
R.A. d'Hulst, The Drawings of Jacob Jordaens, I, London and New York, 1974, p. 270, under no. A182.
| Artist: | Jacob Jordaens (1593 - 1678) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Jacob Jordaens (1593 - 1678) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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