Jacob Backer

Allegory to the Republic



Jacob Backer - Allegory to the Republic



Jacob Backer
Allegory to the Republic
c. 1644/45
162.3 x 115.8 cm
Oil on canvas
Schloß Oranienburg, Stiftung Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler I, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, nr. 29

Literature
Eric Jan Sluijter, Rembrandt's rivals, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, 2015, fig. IIB-48


Exhibitions

2008 Jacob Backer (1608/9-1651), Rembrandts tegenpool, Nr. 27
1997 Princely Patrons: The Collection of Frederick Henry of Orange and Amalia of Solms in The Hague, Nr. 30b

Provenance

Frederick Henry, Buren (castle), c. 1645-1647
William II, Buren (castle), 1647-1650
William III, Buren (castle), before 1702 transferred to The Hague (Noordeinde), 1650-1702
heirs of William III, The Hague (Noordeinde), 1702-1732
Frederick William I, 1732-1740
thereafter by succession through the royal house of Prussia
moved to Berlin between 1748 and 1754
(?) Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, 1829-1864
Neues Palais, Potsdam-Sanssouci, c. 1864-1929
Jagdschloss Grunewald, since 1933
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External links

RKD 260936

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Jacob Backer Christ on the Cross
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1631

Jacob Backer Portrait of Rebecca Schellingwou, wife of Bartholomeus Breenbergh
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1644

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
c. 1636

Jacob Backer Portrait of a Boy in Grey
Portrait of a Boy in Grey
1634

Jacob Backer Portrait of a Boy
Portrait of a Boy
c. 1640