Jacob Backer

Shepherd



Jacob Backer - Shepherd



Jacob Backer
Shepherd
c. 1644
52.2 x 40.8 cm
Oil on panel
Mauritshuis, The Hague


Literature


Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler I, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, nr. 36

Collection catalogues
Compiled by Quentin Buvelot, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague; Zwolle, 2004, pp. 56-57

Literature
Pennen over penselen, Den Haag; Zwolle, 2022, pp. 344-345


Exhibitions


2008 Jacob Backer (1608/9-1651), Rembrandts tegenpool, Nr. 24
1983 The impact of a genius: Rembrandt, his pupils and followers in the seventeenth century, Nr. 1

Provenance


Count Otto Thort and heirs, Gavnø Castle, Denmark, 1785-1976
Robert Noortman Gallery, London and Maastricht
Mauritshuis, The Hague, purchased 1977
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External links


RKD 1964
Mauritshuis, The Hague Accession number 1057

Other works by Jacob Adriaensz. Backer



Attributed to Jacob Backer Old Woman in an Armchair
Old Woman in an Armchair
1635

Jacob Backer Old Man
Old Man
c. 1632/33

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer Bacchus and Ariadne
Bacchus and Ariadne
1643

Jacob Backer Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Man
c. 1649/51

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer Christ and the woman from Samaria at the well
Christ and the woman from Samaria at the well