Lot 234: ISAAC DE JOUDERVILLE LEIDEN 1612/13 - 1645/48 AMSTERDAM

PORTRAIT OF AN OLD WOMAN HOLDING A BOOK

PORTRAIT OF AN OLD WOMAN HOLDING A BOOK

measurements note
19 5/8 by 14 5/8 in.; 49.8 by 37.1 cm.

oil on panel

PROVENANCE

Sir Delves Broughton, Bart., Doddington Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire;
With Schaeffer Galleries, New York;
By whom (anonymously) sold, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., May 26, 1943, lot 84 (as by Dou), for $525, to Crafton Galleries;
Captain Harold Paikin, New York;
By whose Estate sold, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., January 23, 1952, lot 66 (as by Dou), for $500, to Maloof;
Fred Maloof, Oxon Hill Manor, Oxon Hill, Maryland;
His sale, Silver Spring, Maryland, American Estate Auctions, September 24, 25 & 26, 1965, lot 1147 (as by Dou);
Acquired by a family member of the present owners from the above.

LITERATURE

W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Vol. VI, Landau-Pfalz 1983, p. 3720, cat. no. 2328, reproduced p. 392.

NOTE

Dr. Werner Sumowski (see Literature below) dates this painting to 1630/31. At the time of the 1943 sale (see Provenance below), this painting was accompanied by a certificate from W. R. Valentiner, dated March 28, 1943, ascribing it to Geritt Dou.