Nicolaes Maes

The Eavesdropper



Nicolaes Maes - The Eavesdropper



Nicolaes Maes
The Eavesdropper
1655-56
72.5 x 52.1 cm
Oil on panel
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston


Literature


Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler III, Landau/Pfalz, 1986, nr. 1355
Krempel D13


Provenance


1862, the widow Mrs. van Griensven-Berntz (died by 1862)
25 April 1862, Griensven-Berntz sale, Nijhoff, The Hague, nr. 19
Étienne Le Roy (born 1808 - died 1878), Brussels
1880, Paul Pavlovich Demidoff, 2nd Prince of San Donato (born 1839 - died 1885), Florence
15 March - 10 April 1880, Demidoff sale, San Donato Palace, nr. 1060, to Stanton Blake (born 1837 - died 1889), Boston
1889, purchased under the will of Stanton Blake by the MFA, accession date 24 December 1889

External links


Museum of Fine Arts Accession number 89.504

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