Lot 10: Michiel Sweerts (Brussels 1618-1664 Goa)

Michiel Sweerts (Brussels 1618-1664 Goa)
A lady sewing in an interior
oil on canvas
19 5/8 x 15 5/8 in. (49.8 x 39.7 cm.)

Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, An offbeat American Collection of Dutch and Flemish Paintings, November 1993-January 1994, no. 18.
Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, on loan 1995-1996 (lent by Nelson Goodman).

R. Kultzen, Michiel Sweerts, Ph.D. diss., Hamburg, 1954, p. 45, no. 122.
R. Longhi, 'Qualche appunto su Michele Sweerts', Paragone, IX, 1958, p. 74, no. 107, fig. 30.
R. Kultzen, Michiel Sweerts, Doornspijk, 1996, p. 135, no. D6, fig. 150, under 'doubtful attributions', on the basis of an old photograph.

William Sharp Ogden, architect and historian; Christie's, London, 6 December 1926, lot 54 (230 gns. to the following),
with A.H. Buttery, London, 1926.
Mrs. Holdbrooke, Bladon Castle, Burton-on-Trent; Christie's, London, 6 May 1938, lot 35 (unsold); Christie's, London, 17 February 1939, lot 143 (52 gns. to W. Sabin).
John T. Dorrance, Jr. (1919-1989); Sotheby's, New York, 11 January 1990, lot 12.
with Colnaghi, London, by 1992, by whom sold to Professor Nelson Goodman, Massachusetts;
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 30 January 1998, lot 67 ($112,500 to the present owners).

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Michiel Sweerts (Brussels 1618-1664 Goa)
A lady sewing in an interior
oil on canvas
19 5/8 x 15 5/8 in. (49.8 x 39.7 cm.)