Lot 45: Salomon Koninck (Amsterdam 1609-1656)

A Philosopher, seated, half-length oil on panel 45 1/8 x 331/2 in. (114.4 x 85 cm.) PROVENANCE Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 12 December 1952, lot 89, as 'G. Dou - Portrait of a Rabbi', (78 gns. to the father of the present owner). NOTES Hitherto unpublished, we are grateful to Professor Werner Sumowski for confirming the attribution on the basis of a transparency. He dates the picture to the 1640s by comparison with a panel dated 164* in the collection of Dr. Alfred Bader (see W. Sumowski, Gem„lde der Rembrandt Schule, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, III, p. 1648, no. 1126, illustrated p. 1700).