ID 770938
Lot 7 | SALOMON KONINCK (AMSTERDAM 1609-1656)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
A scholar sharpening his quill
signed and dated 'SKoninck 1639' ('SK' in ligature, center right, on the ledge)
oil on panel
26 3⁄8 x 20 1⁄8 in. (66.8 x 51.1 cm.)
Provenance
John Pemberton Heywood, Norris Green, Lancashire and Cloverly Hall, Shropshire; (†) his sale, Christie's, London, 10 June 1893, lot 53 (378 gns.).
Hon. Mrs. Denham collection.
with Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris, by 1900.
Adolphe Schloss (1842-1910), Paris, and by inheritance to his wife,
Mathilde Haas (1858-1938), by whom bequeathed to her children,
Maguerite, Lucien, Henry and Juliette Schloss, by whom stored for safekeeping at Château de Chambon, Laguenne, 20 August 1939; transferred to the Banque de France, Limoges, 16 April 1943.
Seized by Vichy officials and German security agents at the Banque Jordaan, Château de Chambon, Laguenne, 16 April 1943 (Schloss 138); transferred to the Banque de France, Limoges, 24 April 1943; transferred to CCQJ headquarters, Paris, 11 August 1943, where it was earmarked for Hitler's planned museum in Linz (ERR no. Schloss 113).
Transported for storage to the Führerbau, Munich, from where stolen, April 1945.
with Walter Andreas Hofer (1893-c. 1971), Munich, from whom acquired in 1952 by a private collector, and by descent in the family.
Restituted to the heirs of Adolphe Schloss in 2019.
Literature
Illustrated Catalogue of the Sixth Series of 100 Paintings by Old Masters of the Dutch, Flemish, Italian, French, and English Schools, being a portion of the Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris, 1900, pp. 26-27, no. 20, illustrated.
U. Thieme and F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, XXI, Leipzig, 1937, p. 275.
Répertoire des biens spoliés en France durant la guerre 1939-1945, II, Berlin, 1947, p. 183, no. 4085, illustrated.
H. van de Waal, 'Rembrandt's Faust etching, a Socinian document and the iconography of the inspired scholar', Oud Holland, LXXIX, 1964, p. 47.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, III, Landau, 1983, pp. 1645, 1679, no. 1105, illustrated, with incorrect provenance.
M. Hamon-Jugnet, Collection Schloss: Œuvres spoliées pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale non restituées (1943-1998), Paris, 1998, p. 99, with incorrect provenance.
Artist: | Salomon Koninck (1609 - 1656) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Salomon Koninck (1609 - 1656) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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