Lot 116: Job Adriaensz. Berckheyde

(Haarlem 1630 - 1693) The doctor's visit, oil on canvas, 49 x 40 cm, framed, (Wo)

Job Adriaensz. Berckheyde was a significant and versatile architectural and genre painter. We thank Drs. Fred Meijer, Rijksbureau voor kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), 14 May 2004, for confirming the authenticity of the present painting and attributing it to Job Adriaensz. Berckheyde (e-mail).
Literature: Medizin in Historie und Kunst, p. 24, repr. p. 25
The present painting was also examined by Dr. de Vries, Director of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, by Dr. Gudlaugson, Director of the RKD, and Dr. Klapproth of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, who found it to be an autograph work.
Exhibition: Die Kunst des Heilens, Kartause Gaming, Gaming, Lower Austria, 1991 (with a paper label on the reverse).
Provenance: sale, Paul Brand, Amsterdam, 10 October 1967, lot 14 (as Samuel van Hoogstraten); François Parry, The Hague; acquired in 1968.