Jan van Noordt
(Dutch, circa 1620 - after 1676)
Caritas, 1645
oil on canvas
formerly signed and dated 1645
24 x 24 inches.
Provenance:
Sold: Amsterdam, September 16, 1739, Lot 131 (as Van Noordt, Een Vrouw met Kinderjtes, Verbeeldende de Liefde, heel konstig [A Woman with Children, representing Love, very constructive] (possibly)
Sold: Christie's, London, John R. Clayton et al. sale, January 30, 1914, Lot 98 (as The Madonna and Child, with the Infant Saint John and 2 Children in a Landscape, by J. van Noordt, signed and dated 1695, 47 ½ x 41 in.)
Leger Gallery, London, acquired from the above sale
Erich Gallery, New York
Sold: New York, Anderson Galleries, Erich Gallery sale, November 12, 1924, Lot 23 (as signed and dated 1645, 49 x 42 in.)
Sold: New York, Parke-Bernet, Robert Cluett, Jr. et al sale, November 24, 1939, Lot 72 (as signed and dated lower right: JAN V. NOORDT 1645, 48 ½ x 42 in.)
Sold: New York, Parke-Bernet, Henry Rogers Benjamin sale, May 15 - 17, 1947, Lot 235 (as signed and dated 1645, 48 ½ x 41 ½ in.)
A.R. Lunde, New York
Alfred Bader Fine Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, November 1985
Literature:
Albert Blankert, et. al., Gods, Saints, and Heroes: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt, Washington/Amsterdam, 1980, p. 212
Werner Sumowski, Gemalde der Rembrandt-Schaler, Pfalz/Landau, 1983-94, vol. 5, no. 2141, 3288, p. 3112, illus. (as Caritas); vol. 6, with no. 2403a, p. 3737
Werner Sumowski, "Paintings by Jan van Noordt," The Hoosteder-Naumann Mercury, pp. 21; 34n4
David A. de Witt, Jan Van Noordt: Painter of History and Portraits in Amsterdam, Montreal, 2007, no. 24, pp. 19; 109; 119-120; 133-134; 144; 152; 170; 279, illus.
According to David A. de Witt, the original canvas measured 47 ½ x 41 inches. At some point after 1947, the composition was trimmed to the current size, removing the signature and date.
Property from the Collection of William and Sharon Treul, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Condition
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