Provenance
(Sale, by De Vries, Roos, and Brondgeest, Amsterdam, 10-12 May 1853, 2nd day, no. 16); (Lamme).[1] Herman de Kat, Dordrecht; (his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 2-3 May and 7-8 May 1866, no. 17); Louis Viardot [1800-1883], Paris; (his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30 April 1884, no. 2). Alfred Thieme, Leipzig, by 1889.[2] (Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris).[3] private collection, Basel;[4] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 30 November 1973, no. 124); (Brod Gallery, London). (Julie Kraus, Paris), in 1976.[5] private collection;[6] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 April 1985, no. 2); George M. [1932-2001] and Linda H. Kaufman, Norfolk, Virginia; Kaufman Americana Foundation, Norfolk; gift 2012 to NGA.
[1] This might be A.J. Lamme, an auctioneer in Rotterdam, or D.A. Lamme, an art expert in Paris.
[2] Thieme lent the painting to an exhibition in 1889 in Leipzig.
[3] The 1973 sale catalogue lists Sedelmeyer in the provenance, and there is a red wax seal in the bottom right corner on the reverse of the painting impressed with the words "Galerie Sedelmeyer Paris."
[4] The painting is described as "the property of a Basle [_sic_] collector" in the 1973 sale catalogue.
[5] This information is given in _Aelbert Cuyp_, ed. Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; National Gallery, London; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2001-2002, New York and London, 2001: no. 8, 189.
[6] The painting is described as "the property of a gentleman" in the 1985 sale catalogue.
Accession Number
2012.73.1
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
overall: 44.5 × 75.9 cm (17 1/2 × 29 7/8 in.) | framed: 63.5 × 93.66 × 4.45 cm (25 × 36 7/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of George M. and Linda H. Kaufman