Lot 209: Jürgen Ovens , Tönning, Schleswig-Holstein 1623 - 1678 Friedrichstadt A hermit saint oil on canvas

signed and dated lower left: J.OVENS./ 1660 f oil on canvas

measurements note 112.5 by 92.8 cm.; 44 1/4 by 36 1/2 in.

Berlin, Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunst des XV. bis XIX, 1909.

Reiner & Lewinsky, Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunst des XV. bis XIX., exhibition catalogue, Berlin 1909, p. 28.

Signor Gio Gherardo, Rome;
From whom purchased by Cardinal Venuti, Rome, in 1802;
Possibly L. Churchill (all of the above according to an old label on the reverse);
Lüders Collection, Berlin;
Sale, Stockholm, Bukowski, 11-13 October 1950, lot 170;
Sale, Stockholm, Bukowski, 5 December 2000, lot 390.

The date of 1660 on the present painting coincides with Ovens stay in Amsterdam (1657-1663) where he was greatly influenced by the work of Rembrandt.