Lot number 3825 - Auction
MÄDCHEN AM FENSTER, EINE NELKE PFLÜCKEND

PROBABLY GERARD DOU AND STUDIO 7 April 1613 Leiden - 9 February 1675 Ibid GIRL AT THE WINDOW, PICKING A CARNATION Oil on oak panel. 26 x 35,5 cm (F. 61 x 51 cm). On the frame on old paper label 'Fine Art Publishers with provenance statement '... Sir Charles Aufrey' Furthermore on the wooden panel two old wax seals (uninterpreted). Furthermore old collection number 'A N 277'. Old paper label of Frost & Reed Bristol London with the number 'R4409 of 6.6.55' Part. slightly old rest., min. old retouching. Frame. Literature: Smith, John: Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné, London, 1842, p. 13, no. 40. A mirror-inverted engraving by Marcenay, Paris. Provenance: Rhenish private collection. According to Smith: Duchess de Berry. Christies, 1834. William Beckford, London. Mr. Nieuwenhuys, Amsterdam. Lord Ashburton, London. English private collection.