Dutch Masterpieces from the Theiline Scheumann CollectionFrans van Mieris the ElderLeiden 1635 - 1681A young woman sealing a letter by candlelight
signed and dated lower right: F. van Mieris fec1667oil on panel, with an arched toppanel: 10⅝ by 8 in.; 27 by 20.3 cm.framed: 16⅝ by 13⅞ in.; 42.3 by 35.2 cm.Condition reportFor further information on the condition of this lot please contact Zola.Hoehn@sothebys.com ProvenanceMartin Benjamin Asscher (1904-1983), before 1970;
Frans L. Jurgens, Bulkeley House, Englefield Green, Surrey;
With Otto Naumann Ltd., New York;
From whom acquired, 2002.LiteratureO. Naumann, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Doornspijk 1981, vol. II, p. 131, cat. no. B10, reproduced fig. CB 10 (included under the section of "problematic attributions," an opinion subsequently revised by Naumann after examining the work firsthand);
T. Beherman, Godfried Schalcken Paris 1988, p. 362, under cat. no. 338 (references the version in Copenhagen, catalogued as Schalcken, but equally evocative of Eglon van der Neer or Pieter van Slingelandt);
P. Sutton, in Love Letters: Dutch Genre Painting in the Age of Vermeer, exhibition catalogue, Dublin and Greenwich 2003, pp. 136-137, cat. no. 21, reproduced (as Frans van Mieris the Elder);
Q. Buvelot, et al, Frans Van Mieris The Hague 2005, pp. 20, 189-191, cat. no. 41, reproduced p. 190 (as the prime version by Frans van Mieris the Elder);
L. Nijkamp and Z. Benders, "Nieuw licht op een nachtstuk van Frans van Mieris " in Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum (2007), 55, no. 2/3, pp. 213, 217, note 20, reproduced fig. 8;
A. Waiboer, "Corresponding Love," in Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting, exhibition catalogue, New Haven 2017, pp. 114-121, cat. no. 1.6, reproduced.ExhibitedGreenwich, Connecticut, Bruce Museum, Love Letters: Dutch Genre Paintings in the Age of Vermeer, 21 January - 2 May 2004, no. 21;
The Hague, Mauritshuis; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Frans van Mieris 1 October 2005 - 21 May 2006, no. 41;
Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Paris, Musée du Louvre, Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting, 22 October 2017 - 21 January 2018, no. 1.6 (Washington, D.C. only). Catalogue note
Dutch Masterpieces from the Theiline Scheumann CollectionFrans van Mieris the ElderLeiden 1635 - 1681A young woman sealing a letter by candlelight
signed and dated lower right: F. van Mieris fec1667oil on panel, with an arched toppanel: 10⅝ by 8 in.; 27 by 20.3 cm.framed: 16⅝ by 13⅞ in.; 42.3 by 35.2 cm.Condition reportFor further information on the condition of this lot please contact Zola.Hoehn@sothebys.com ProvenanceMartin Benjamin Asscher (1904-1983), before 1970;
Frans L. Jurgens, Bulkeley House, Englefield Green, Surrey;
With Otto Naumann Ltd., New York;
From whom acquired, 2002.LiteratureO. Naumann, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Doornspijk 1981, vol. II, p. 131, cat. no. B10, reproduced fig. CB 10 (included under the section of "problematic attributions," an opinion subsequently revised by Naumann after examining the work firsthand);
T. Beherman, Godfried Schalcken Paris 1988, p. 362, under cat. no. 338 (references the version in Copenhagen, catalogued as Schalcken, but equally evocative of Eglon van der Neer or Pieter van Slingelandt);
P. Sutton, in Love Letters: Dutch Genre Painting in the Age of Vermeer, exhibition catalogue, Dublin and Greenwich 2003, pp. 136-137, cat. no. 21, reproduced (as Frans van Mieris the Elder);
Q. Buvelot, et al, Frans Van Mieris The Hague 2005, pp. 20, 189-191, cat. no. 41, reproduced p. 190 (as the prime version by Frans van Mieris the Elder);
L. Nijkamp and Z. Benders, "Nieuw licht op een nachtstuk van Frans van Mieris " in Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum (2007), 55, no. 2/3, pp. 213, 217, note 20, reproduced fig. 8;
A. Waiboer, "Corresponding Love," in Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting, exhibition catalogue, New Haven 2017, pp. 114-121, cat. no. 1.6, reproduced.ExhibitedGreenwich, Connecticut, Bruce Museum, Love Letters: Dutch Genre Paintings in the Age of Vermeer, 21 January - 2 May 2004, no. 21;
The Hague, Mauritshuis; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Frans van Mieris 1 October 2005 - 21 May 2006, no. 41;
Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Paris, Musée du Louvre, Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting, 22 October 2017 - 21 January 2018, no. 1.6 (Washington, D.C. only). Catalogue note
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