Gerard Dou
Scholar Sharpening His Quill
c. 1632-3526.3 x 21.2 cm
Oil on panel
Signed under quill, center right: GD (in monogram)
The Leiden Collection, New York
Provenance
Bicker van Zwieten
his sale, Bicker van Zwieten, The Hague, 12 April 1741, nr. 68 (to Hoed for 110 florins)
André de Stolberg, Count of Brabeck, Söder
his sale, Rumpler, Hannover, 31 October 1859, nr. 78 (for 500 florins)
King George V of Hannover (1819–78), 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, by 1864
confiscated when annexed by Prussia in 1866
held as inalienable property by the House of Braunschweig-Luneburg (in fidei commissum), 1892–1924
returned to the House of Braunschweig-Luneburg in 1924
by descent to the Princely House of Hannover, Germany and Switzerland, until 2001
private collection, Los Angeles and Denver
private sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 2007
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2007
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Other works by Gerard Dou
Two Old Men Disputing
c. 1629
c. 1629
Portrait of an Artist at his Easel
Portrait of a Gentleman with a Walking Stick
c. 1645
c. 1645
Bust of an Old Man
c. 1640-45
c. 1640-45
Portrait of a Lady, Seated with a Music Book on Her Lap
c. 1640-44
c. 1640-44