Literature

Pieter J.J. van Thiel, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1562 - 1638, Doornspijk, 1999, nr. 134

Provenance

(Probably) Jacob Rauwert collection, Amsterdam, by descent to his son Claes
sale, Amsterdam, 28 August 1612 as '1 doeck Hercules' (to Hendrick van Os)
(probably) inventory of the estate of Herman Becker, Amsterdam, 19 October 1678, fol. 285v: 'In de sal naest het voorhuijs: Een hercules van Mr. Corn[elis] van Haarlem'
Potschien, Berlin, circa 1925, and by descent
confiscated by the East German Government in December 1985
transferred to the Bode-Museum, 1986
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, 1998-2006
Bode-Museum, Berlin, 2006-2008
restituted to the present owner, 2008
sale Christie's, New York, The Property of a Private European Collector, 15 April 2008, nr. 25

Other works by Cornelis van Haarlem

The lamentation of Christ
1600

Madonna with child
c. 1591

Andries Pietersz. van Souwen
1624

Allegory of Abstinence

Christ as the Man of Sorrows
1597