Lot Essay
Dr. Paul Huys Janssen will include the present picture in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the work of van Bijlert; both he and Professor Leonard Slatkes date it c.1628/30
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR i
Jan Harmensz. van Bijlert (c. 1603-1671)
Details
Jan Harmensz. van Bijlert (c. 1603-1671)
A Young Man playing a Cello
signed 'J. bijlert fe:'
39¾ x 33in. (101 x 83.3cm.)
A Young Man playing a Cello
signed 'J. bijlert fe:'
39¾ x 33in. (101 x 83.3cm.)
Provenance
with Herman Schickman, New York, 1975
The Marcos Collection; Property in the Custody of the United States Government Sold by Court Order, Christie's, New York, 11 Jan. 1991, lot 75
The Marcos Collection; Property in the Custody of the United States Government Sold by Court Order, Christie's, New York, 11 Jan. 1991, lot 75
Literature
B. Nicholson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, Oxford, 1979, p. 28, pl. 217
B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, ed. L. Vertova, Turin, 1990, I, p. 71; III, pl. 1333
B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, ed. L. Vertova, Turin, 1990, I, p. 71; III, pl. 1333