Lot 117: Hendrick Bloemaert (Utrecht 1601/2-1672)

Hendrick Bloemaert (Utrecht 1601/2-1672)
Diana and Callisto
signed 'Henr. Bloemaert Fe.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
48½ x 61 in. (123.2 x 154.9 cm.)

Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Het gedroomde land, 1993, no. 13.

(Possibly) A. Blankert, L.J. Slatkes, et al., Holländischen Malerei in neuen Licht: Hendrick ter Brugghen und seine Zeitgenossen, Utrecht, 1986, p. 219.
P.H. Janssen, Schilders in Utrecht 1600-1700, Utrecht, 1990, pp. 32 and 54, fig. 1, ill. on the cover.
E. Moatti, Tableaux Anciens, Paris, 1992, no. 3.
M.G. Roethlisberger with M.J. van Bok] Abraham Bloemaert and his sons: Paintings and prints, Doornspijk, 1993, I, p. 474, no. H71; II, fig. H73, pl. 38.

(Possibly) by descent from the artist to his son,
Godefridus Bloemaert, Utrecht, listed in a will of 15 April 1673 as a Bath of Diana in a gilt frame, bequeathed to his niece
Sophia van den Bogaert, wife of François Tixerandet.
Private collection, France.
Anonymous sale; Vergne, Bordeaux, 23 October 1986.
with Galerie Moatti, Paris, by 1989, where acquired by the present owner.

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