Lot No. 78


Gerard Terborch


Gerard Terborch - Old Master Paintings I

(Zwolle 1617–1681 Deventer)
The Philosopher Heraclitus,
indistinctly signed with a monogram,
oil on panel, 28 x 22.5 cm, framed

Provenance:
sale, Christie’s, London, 1950 (as Gerard Dou);
with Gallery Koetser, London;
with Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam, after 1950 (as Gerard Terborch);
Private collection, The Netherlands;
sale, Christie’s, Amsterdam, 11 May 2011, lot 83;
art market, London;
sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 17 April 2013, lot 658;
where acquired by the present owner

Literature:
S. J. Gudlaugsson, Gerard Terborch, The Hague 1960, II, p. 88, no. 67A

On the reverse of the painting is a paper label indicating that Cornelis Hofstede de Groot and Eduard Plietzsch published a second version of this composition. Arthur Wheelock endorsed the present painting as an autograph work by Terborch on the basis of a photograph. Fred Meijer and Peter van den Brink have both independently confirmed the attribution to Terborch.

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at

22.10.2019 - 17:00

Realized price: **
EUR 45,300.-
Estimate:
EUR 30,000.- to EUR 40,000.-

Gerard Terborch


(Zwolle 1617–1681 Deventer)
The Philosopher Heraclitus,
indistinctly signed with a monogram,
oil on panel, 28 x 22.5 cm, framed

Provenance:
sale, Christie’s, London, 1950 (as Gerard Dou);
with Gallery Koetser, London;
with Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam, after 1950 (as Gerard Terborch);
Private collection, The Netherlands;
sale, Christie’s, Amsterdam, 11 May 2011, lot 83;
art market, London;
sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 17 April 2013, lot 658;
where acquired by the present owner

Literature:
S. J. Gudlaugsson, Gerard Terborch, The Hague 1960, II, p. 88, no. 67A

On the reverse of the painting is a paper label indicating that Cornelis Hofstede de Groot and Eduard Plietzsch published a second version of this composition. Arthur Wheelock endorsed the present painting as an autograph work by Terborch on the basis of a photograph. Fred Meijer and Peter van den Brink have both independently confirmed the attribution to Terborch.

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Old Master Paintings I
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 22.10.2019 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 12.10. - 22.10.2019


** Purchase price incl. charges and taxes

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