SIMON KICK (DELFT 1603-1652 AMSTERDAM) - photo 1
SIMON KICK (DELFT 1603-1652 AMSTERDAM) - photo 2
SIMON KICK (DELFT 1603-1652 AMSTERDAM) - photo 3
SIMON KICK (DELFT 1603-1652 AMSTERDAM) - photo 4
SIMON KICK (DELFT 1603-1652 AMSTERDAM) - photo 5

SIMON KICK (DELFT 1603-1652 AMSTERDAM)

Lot 35
10.06.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Sold
$ 478 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 770990
Lot 35 | SIMON KICK (DELFT 1603-1652 AMSTERDAM)
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
SIMON KICK (DELFT 1603-1652 AMSTERDAM)
A company of soldiers in a guardroom
oil on panel
48 x 47 1⁄2 in. (122 x 120.5 cm.)




Provenance

(Probably) Johannes van Bergen van der Grip; (†) his sale, Delfos, Soeterwoude, 26 June 1784, lot 95.
Galerie Emile and Isaac Pereire, Paris; their sale, Pillet, Paris, 6 March 1872, lot 154, as Godfried Schalcken (FF 4000).
Johann Moritz Oppenheim (1801-1864), Paris; (†) his sale, Pillet, Paris, 23 April 1877, lot 84, as Godfried Schalcken.
Marquis de Foz, late 1800s, and from whom passed to,
José Guedes de Queiroz; Christie’s, London, 11 June 1892, lot 79, as Godfried Schalcken (179 gns. to Duveen).
with Kleinberger, Paris, and by whom sold to the following,
with Forbes & Patterson, London, and from whom acquired circa 1894-5 by,
Sir Joseph Robinson (1840-1929), Dudley House, London; Christie’s, London, 6 June 1923, lot 71 (unsold), and by descent to his daughter,
Princess Labia, by 1958-9.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 10 April 1981, lot 22.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, by 1982.
with David Koetser, Zurich, by 1996.
[The Property of a Private Collector]; Christie’s, New York, 29 January 1999, lot 181, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

A. Bredius, Amsterdam in de Zeventiende eeuw, III, The Hague, 1904, pp. 184, 189, 191-193, 227, illustrated.
C. Hofstede de Groot, ‘Simon Kick,’ in Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, U. Thieme and F. Becker, eds., XX, Leipzig, 1927, p. 254, where it is stated that Kick’s signature was transformed at an unknown date into that of Schalcken. Both signatures were removed during cleaning, circa 1895.
C.B. Playter, Willem Duyster and Pieter Codde: The ‘Duyster Wereldt’ of Dutch Genre Painting, c. 1625-1635, Ph.D. dissertation, 1972, p. 149, fig. 241.
O. Haex, ‘Een soldatenstuk van de 17de-eeuwse Amsterdamse genreschilder Simon Kick / A Soldier’s Piece by the 17th Century Genre Painter Simon Kick,’ Tableau, IV, 1981-1982, pp. 294-298, illustrated.
B. Haak, The Golden Age: Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, New York, 1984, p. 301, fig. 640.
E. Borger, De Hollandse kortegaard: geschilderde wachtlokalen uit de Gouden Eeuw, exhibition catalogue, Naarden, 1996, p. 60, fig. 6.1.
M.C.C. Kersten, ‘Interieurstukken met soldaten tussen circa 1625 en 1660. Een verkening,’ in Beelden van een Strijd: Oorlog en Kunst voor de Vrede van Munster, 1621-1648, exhibition catalogue, Delft, 1998, p. 195, note 37.
J. Rosen, Jacob Duck and the “Guardroom” Painters: Minor Masters as Inventors in Dutch 17th Century Genre Painting, Ph.D. dissertation, 2003, pp. 152, 194, fig. 169.
J. Rosen, ‘The Dutch Guardroom Scene of the Golden Age: A Definition,’ Artibus et Historiae, LIII, 2006, pp. 154-155, fig. 3.
J. Rosen, ‘A Great Minor Master: The Robbery by Simon Kick in the Berlin Gemäldegalerie: With an Appendix including a complete catalogue of paintings by Simon Kick (1603-1652),’ Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen, XLIX, 2007, pp. 92-93, 95, no. 125, fig. 11.
J. Rosen, Soldiers at Leisure: The Guardroom Scene in Dutch Genre Painting of the Golden Age, Amsterdam, 2010, p. 12, fig. 107.
J. Rosen, Simon Kick (1603-1652): catalogue raisonné, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2021, pp. 56-57, 108-110, no. 29, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, The Robinson Collection, 2 July-14 September 1958, no. 13.
Cape Town, National Gallery of South Africa, The Sir Joseph Robinson Collection, 1959, no. 46.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Berlin, Gemäldegalerie and London, Royal Academy, Masters of Seventeenth Century Genre Painting, 18 March-18 November 1984, no. 58.
Artist:Simon Kick (1603 - 1652)
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Art style:Baroque, Old Masters
Genre:Genre art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands
Auction house category:Paintings
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
USA
Preview
10.06.2022 – 10.06.2022
Phone +1 212 636 2000
Fax +1 212 636 4930
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase
Shipping Postal service
Courier service
pickup by yourself
Payment methods Wire Transfer
Business hoursBusiness hours
Mo 09:30 – 17:00   
Tu 09:30 – 17:00   
We 09:30 – 17:00   
Th 09:30 – 17:00   
Fr 09:30 – 17:00   
Sa closed
Su closed

Related terms

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.