Albert Eckhout

Study of Two Brazilian Tortoises



Albert Eckhout - Study of Two Brazilian Tortoises



Albert Eckhout
Study of Two Brazilian Tortoises
1640
30.5 x 51 cm
Tempera, gouache on paper on panel
Mauritshuis, The Hague


Literature

Collection catalogues
Compiled by Quentin Buvelot, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague; Zwolle, 2004, pp. 114-115

Literature
Pennen over penselen, Den Haag; Zwolle, 2022, pp. 322-323


Provenance

Probably Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen
Jacques Goudstikker Gallery, Amsterdam (purchase and supposed sale in 1936; cat. 1936-1937, nr. 42, as by Anonymous Master; Goudstikker number 3036, inventory of 1936)
J.C.H. Heldring, Oosterbeek, 1942-1963 (probably purchased before 10 May 1940; cat. 1955, pp. 32-33, nr. 18, as by Anonymous)
sale London, Sotheby’s, 27 March 1963, nr. 1
Edward Speelman Gallery, London, 1963 (bought at auction for S. Nijstad who worked in commission of the Mauritshuis)
purchased by the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 1963
on long-term loan from the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, since 1963
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External links

RKD 7692
Mauritshuis, The Hague Accession number 957