Gerard Dou

Portrait of Dirck van Beresteyn



Gerard Dou - Portrait of Dirck van Beresteyn



Gerard Dou
Portrait of Dirck van Beresteyn
c. 1652
10.2 x 8.2 cm
Oil on silver-copper alloy
Signed in blue paint at upper right: G Dou (GD in ligature)
The Leiden Collection, New York


Provenance

Herman de Kat van Oost- en West-Barendrecht, Dordrecht, by 1854
his sale, Paris, Lamme and Petit, 2 May 1866, nr. 24, for 170 francs
M*** Collection
sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 1 February 1875, nr. 22
Mrs. U.M. Kneppelhout-van Braam Egbert de Langen and Count Bottaro Costa
sale, Amsterdam, Frederik Müller, 16 December 1919, nr. 19
Dr. E.A. van Beresteyn, The Hague
by descent to his wife Mrs. Van Beresteyn Vierhouten, by 1952
sale, Christie’s, London, 17 April 2002, nr. 43 (to van Haeften, Ltd. and Otto Naumann Ltd.)
with Johnny Van Haeften, Ltd., London and Otto Naumann Ltd., New York (through Derek Johns Ltd., London)
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2003
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External links

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number GD-111

Other works by Gerard Dou


Gerard Dou Portrait of a Lady, Seated with a Music Book on Her Lap
Portrait of a Lady, Seated with a Music Book on Her Lap
c. 1640-44

Gerard Dou Scholar Sharpening His Quill
Scholar Sharpening His Quill
c. 1632-35

Gerard Dou Portrait of a Gentleman with a Walking Stick
Portrait of a Gentleman with a Walking Stick
c. 1645

Gerard Dou A Young Woman Playing a Clavichord
A Young Woman Playing a Clavichord
c. 1665

Attributed to Gerard Dou Bust of an Old Man
Bust of an Old Man
c. 1640-45