Lot 132: HERMAN MIJNERTS DONCKER ACTIVE IN HAARLEM 1633 - 1640

signed with monogram, inscribed and dated centre left: Ætatis.56/ A⁰. 1630/ HD f

oil on panel

124 by 92.6 cm.; 48 3/4 by 36 1/2 in.

Lord Talbot of Malahide Castle, Dublin;
With Brod Gallery (according to a label on the reverse);
With Rafael Vals Ltd., London;
From whom purchased by Robert T. Sakowitz, Houston, 1977;
From whom purchased by a private collector, United States, in whose collection it remained until sold, New York, Sotheby's, 28 May 1999, lot 33, for $34,000.

The attribution to Doncker was endorsed by Dr. Rudolf E.O. Ekkart of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistoriche Documentatie when the painting appeared at auction in 1999.