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Portrait of an Artist in his Studio   Michiel van Musscher (1645–1705)

Portrait of an Artist in his Studio

Michiel van Musscher (1645–1705)

c. 1670/75

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Porträt eines Künstlers in seinem Atelier
Material/technique
oil on oak panel
Measurements
47 × 37 cm
Acquisition
acquired in 2006 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein
Artists/makers/authors
Michiel van Musscher
Detailed information
Inventory number
GE 2397
Signature/inscriptions content only available in German
in der rechten Ecke auf dem Pflaster bez.: Musscher / Pinxit 16..
Provenance
12. 4. 1706 estate sale by Michiel van Musscher at Zomer, Amsterdam, lot 11 ("Een schilder in zyn Kamer, van de zelve") for 100 florins; 25. 8. 1773 auction Johann van der Marck, lot 469; 2. 7. 1833 auction Amsterdam, lot 26; until 1846 Baron J. G. Verstolk van Soelen, The Hague; 1846 Thomas Baring (1799-1873); before 1904 Thomas George, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1827-1904); owned by the Lord Northbrook family until 2006; acquired from Luxury Development Inc. in 2006, Panama
Iconography
Artist ,  Studio Scene
Literature
Ausst.-Kat. Drawings for Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt, Ger Luijten, Peter Schatborn, Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr. (Hg.), National Gallery of Art, Washington 4.10.2016–2.1.2017; Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris 3.2.–7.5.2017, erschienen Milano 2016, S. 32, S. 70–71, Kat.-Nr. 13

J. Smith, A Catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish and French painters, Bd. 6, Bd. Bd. 6, London 1835, S. Frontispiz

G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, Bd. II, Bd. Bd. II, London 1854, S. 184

W. Bürger, Trésor d'Art en Angleterre, Brüssel 1860, S. 277

J. A. Crowe, Handbook of Painting. The German, Flemish, and Dutch Schools, based on the Handbook of Kugler, remodeled by the late Prof. Dr. Waagen. A new edition, thoroughly revised, and in part rewritten, Bd. 2, Bd. 2, London 1887, S. 401

W. H. J. Weale u. J. P. Richter, Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures Belonging to the Earl of Northbrook, London 1889, S. 94, Kat. 136

H. Gerson, De Nederlandse Schilderkunst deel 2. Rembrandt en Vermeer 1952

Ausst.-Kat. The treasure houses of Britain. Five Hundred Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting, Gervase Jackson-Stops, National Gallery of Art, Washington 3.11.1985–16.3.1986, erschienen New Haven 1985, S. 373, mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 305

Ausst.-Kat. Der Blick in die Ferne. Landschaftsmalerei aus den Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein. 15. bis 19. Jahrhundert, Johann Kräftner, Alexandra Hanzl, Kathrine Klopf-Weiss, Liechtenstein Museum (Hg.), Kunstmuseum, Luzern, 9.8.2008–5.10.2008, erschienen Wien 2008, S. 50, Abb. S. 52 Nr. 50

Ausst.-Kat. Das Zeitalter Rembrandts, Klaus Albrecht Schröder und Marian Bisanz-Prakken, erschienen Wien 2009, S. 222, Abb. S. 223, Kat. 102

Ausst.-Kat. Der Fürst als Sammler. Neuerwerbungen unter Hans-Adam II. von und zu Liechtenstein, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), Liechtenstein Museum, Wien 12.2.2010–24.8.2010, erschienen Wien 2010, Abb. S. 215

Johann Kräftner, Die Schätze der Liechtenstein. Paläste, Gemälde, Skulpturen, Wien 2013, Abb. S. 385

Johann Kräftner, The Treasures of the Liechtensteins. Palaces, Paintings, Sculptures, Vienna 2013

Ausst.-Kat. Distant Prospects.
European Landscape Paintings from LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi 26.2.2019–25.3.2019, erschienen Abu Dhabi 2019, S. 68, Abb. 44
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