Caspar Netscher

Literature

Vanessa I. Schmid, with Julia I. Armstrong-Totten, The Orléans collection, Lewes, UK, 2018, fig. 3.26

Exhibitions

2023 Rembrandt and His Contemporaries. History paintings from The Leiden Collection, Nr. 19
2017 Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection: The Age of Rembrandt, Nr. 8

Provenance

Philippe II, duc d’Orléans (1674–1723), Palais Royal, Paris
by descent to his son, Louis, duc d’Orléans (1702–52), Paris
sale, Paris, 9 June 1727, unsold
by descent to his son, Louis Philippe, duc d’Orléans (1725–85), Paris
by descent to his son, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d’Orléans (1747–93), Paris
with Thomas Moore Slade, London, 1792, purchased in association with the 7th Baron Kinnaird (1754–1805), W. Morland and Thomas Hammersley
Orléans sale, London, April 1793, nr. 86
Col. Le Blanc, London
sale, Christie’s, London, 26–27 May 1820, nr. 97, unsold
sale, Christie’s, London, 16 June 1820, nr. 122 to Wilkins
William Wilkins (1778–1839), London, by 1820
his sale, Christie’s, London, 22 May 1830, nr. 4 to Bone for Neeld
Joseph Neeld (1789–1856), Grittleton House, Wiltshire, by 1830
by descent to his brother, Sir John Neeld, 1st bt. (1805–91), Grittleton House
by descent to his son, Sir Algernon William Neeld, 2nd bt. (1846–1900), Grittleton House
by descent to his brother, Sir Audley Dallas Neeld, 3rd bt. (1849–1941), Grittleton House
to Joseph Neeld’s descendant via an illegitimate daughter, Lionel William (Inigo-Jones) Neeld (died 1956), Grittleton House
Neeld sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 13 July 1945, nr. 76 to Betts
with Eugene Slatter Gallery, London, 1950
D. Molyneux-Cohan
sale, Sotheby’s, London, 2 December 1964, nr. 93
with H. Shickman Gallery, New York, by 1967 to Sardinsky
Sol Sardinsky, Philadelphia, 1967–2005
with Noortman Master Paintings, 2005
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2005

Iconclass

71C11911 Sarah brings Hagar to Abraham, who is usually shown lying in bed

External links

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number CN-106

Other works by Caspar Netscher

The Card Party
c. 1665

The Letter with the Black Seal
1665

A Lady at Her Toilet
c. 1665

Chamber Music Scene
1666

Man Writing a Letter
1664