Govert Flinck
A Young Man with a Feathered Cap and a Gorget
c. 163666.5 x 53.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, lower right: G·flinck f / 1636
Sale Christie's, New York, 15 October 2020
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Moltke 224
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler II, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, nr. 658
Literature
Norbert Middelkoop (ed.), Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck, Amsterdam, 2017, figs. 20, 61
Provenance
(Probably) Jacob Wessel (1707-1780), Danzig
(†) his sale, Danzig, 23 April 1781
(probably) Mohnicke collection, Danzig
(probably) R. Kämmerer, Danzig
Dr. von Duisburg, Danzig
his sale, Nothwanger, Danzig, 18 September 1861, nr. 41, where acquired by
Professor Rudolf Bergau (1836-1905), Nuremberg, and from whom purchased in 1892 by
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, until 1946, when exchanged for other works with
Valentin J. Mayring, Hollfeld
anonymous sale, H. Rudolph, Hamburg, 29-30 March 1951, nr. 439
private collection, Germany, and by whom sold
anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, 14-15 March 1963, nr. 472, where acquired for DM 2800 by the following
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, where acquired in January 1964 by the following
private collection, Lausanne, and by descent to the present owner
sale Christie's, New York, Property from a Dutch Collection, 15 October 2020, nr. 22
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Marcus Curius Dentatus
1656
1656
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c. 1659-60
c. 1659-60
Manoah's sacrifice
1640
1640
Salomon asking God for wisdom
Claudius Civilis