Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Provenance

Herman van Swoll, Amsterdam, c.1670-1698
his sale, Amsterdam, 22 April 1699, nr. 20 (the entire series for 570 guilders)
private collection, Amsterdam
anonymous sale, Amsterdam, 13 July 1718 (Lugt 267), nr. 5 (the entire series for 505 guilders)
sale Amsterdam (Daniel Adrianus Beukelaar), 22 May 1731 (Lugt 409a), nr. 1
Morel collection, Paris
Morel sale, Paris (Lebrun), 3 May 1786 (Lugt 4025 and 4040), nr. 70 (the entire series for 7801 livres to Langlier)
Jacques Langlier Gallery, Paris, 1786-1789
his sale (‘Lenglier’), Paris (Lebrun), 15 April 1789 (Lugt 4422 and 4429), nr. 50 (unsold)
private collection, Paris, until 1834
Marseille Middleton Holloway, London
his sale, London, 1872 (the entire series for 170 pounds to Nieuwenhuys)
Charles J. Nieuwenhuys Gallery, Brussels and London, 1872-1886
his sale, London (Christie’s), 17 July 1886 (Lugt 45927), nr. 55 (together with inv. nr. 1091 for 49 guineas to McLean)
McLean collection, London
Eugène Fischof Gallery, Paris (together with inv. nr. 1091)
anonymous sale, London (Christie’s), 22 June 1901, nr. 2 (13 guineas)
Julius David Ichenhauser, London, 1901
Victor D. Spark Gallery, New York, 1948
William Mostyn Owen, London, 1962-1965?
Hazlitt Gallery, London, 1965
David E. Rust, Washington DC, c. 1981-2011
Bob Haboldt Gallery, Paris-New York-Amsterdam, 2013
Eric Alberda Jelgersma, 2013-2018 (inv. nos. 1221-1222 were part of this collection since 1990)
acquired with the support of the VriendenLoterij and the Rembrandt Association (thanks in part to its Themafonds 17de-eeuwse Schilderkunst and its Fonds 1931), 2018 (together with inv. nos. 1221-1222)
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External links

Mauritshuis, The Hague Accession number 1220

Other works by Nicolaes Berchem

A man tending to a horse in a forge

Allegory of Winter
1670

Allegory of Summer
1670

Peasants milking goats at dusk

The infant Jupiter suckled by a goat
1651