Aelbert Cuyp

The baptism of the Eunuch



Aelbert Cuyp - The baptism of the Eunuch



Aelbert Cuyp
The baptism of the Eunuch
c. 1642-43
108 x 151.1 cm
Oil on canvas
The Menil Collection, Houston


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 11a
Reiss 6

Literature
Peter Marijnissen, Wim de Paus, Peter Schoon, George Schweitzer (redactie), De Zichtbaere Werelt, Zwolle, 1992, p. 126, fig. 1
Anna Tummers, The eye of the connoisseur, Amsterdam, 2011, fig. 26


Exhibitions

2001 Aelbert Cuyp, Nr. 9

Provenance

Probably widow of C. S. Roos
sale, R.W. P. de Vries, Roos, Amsterdam, 26 November 1827, nr. 71, to Gruyter
Alexander Cuninghame, Craigends, Renfrewshire (mid1800s)
by descent to Mrs. A. Cuninghame
sale, Christies, London, 11 July 1930, nr. 89, unsold
by descent to John Charles Cuninghame, Craigends
by descent to his widows, sister, Helen Laura Pearson
sale, Christie's, London, 24 November 1961, nr. 12
with Hanover Gallery, London
Dominique de Ménil, Houston and New York
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Iconclass

73F2634 Philip baptizes the Eunuch

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