Jan van Noordt (Dutch, circa 1620-after 1676)

Lot description

Jan van Noordt (Dutch, circa 1620-after 1676) Caritas, 1645 oil on canvas formerly signed and dated 1645 (see Note) 24 x 24 inches. Property from the Collection of William and Sharon Treul, Pewaukee, Wisconsin Provenance: Sold: Amsterdam, 16 September 1739, Lot 131 (as Van Noordt, Een Vrouw met Kinderjtes, Verbeeldende de Liefde, heel konstig ) Sold: Christie's, London, John R. Clayton et al. sale , 30 January 1914, Lot 98 (as The Madonna and Child, with the Infant Saint John and Two 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 , 12 November 1924, Lot 23 (as signed and dated 1645 , 49 x 42 in.) Sold: New York, Parke-Bernet, Robert Cluett, Jr. et al sale , 24 November 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 , 15-17 May 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, Gema¤lde der Rembrandt-Scha¼ler, Pfalz/Landau, 1983-94, vol. 5, no. 2141, p. 3112, illus. (as Caritas ); vol. 6, with no. 2403a, p. 3737 Werner Sumowski, "Paintings by Jan van Noordt," The Hoosteder-Naumann Mercury , p. 21 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. Note: 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 its current size, removing the signature and date.