Jacob Backer

Portrait of a Boy in Grey



Jacob Backer - Portrait of a Boy in Grey



Jacob Backer
Portrait of a Boy in Grey
1634
94.2 x 70.8 cm
Oil on canvas
Mauritshuis, The Hague


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler I, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, nr. 52

Collection catalogues
Compiled by Quentin Buvelot, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague; Zwolle, 2004, pp. 54-55
Annette de Vries, Passie voor schilderijen, Leiden, 2012, nr. 2

Literature
Pennen over penselen, Den Haag; Zwolle, 2022, pp. 222-223



Provenance

Jonkheer Johan Steengracht van Oostkapelle and heirs, The Hague, before 1846-1913
Mauritshuis, The Hague, gift of Mrs Cornelis Adriana Rose-Molewater, The Hague, 1914
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External links

RKD 284
Mauritshuis, The Hague Accession number 747

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Jacob Backer Allegory to the Republic
Allegory to the Republic
c. 1644/45

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
c. 1636

Jacob Backer Portrait of a Boy
Portrait of a Boy
c. 1640

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer Man with beret and cane
Man with beret and cane
c. 1644-45

Jacob Backer Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen
c. 1632/33