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HEROES & LOVERS: Property of a Distinguished Collector
CORNELIS CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM (HAARLEM 1562-1638)
Hercules and Achelous
Details
CORNELIS CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM (HAARLEM 1562-1638)
Hercules and Achelous
signed and dated 'AO 90. / CCornely . H fe' (lower left, on the rock)
oil on canvas
75 3⁄8 x 95 ½ in. (191.4 x 242.5 cm.)
Hercules and Achelous
signed and dated 'AO 90. / CCornely . H fe' (lower left, on the rock)
oil on canvas
75 3⁄8 x 95 ½ in. (191.4 x 242.5 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly commissioned by) Jacob Rauwart (c. 1530-1597), De Sevenstarre, Amsterdam, by descent to his son,
(Probably) Claes Rauwart (1564-1612), De Sevenstarre, Amsterdam; his deceased sale, on the premises, Amsterdam, 29 August 1612, lot 30, as "een doeck Hercules CC." ("a canvas [representing] Hercules [by] C[ornelis] C[ornelisz.]"), where acquired for 103 florins by,
(Probably) Hendrick van Os (1555⁄6-1615⁄21), Amsterdam.
(Possibly) inventory of the estate of Herman Becker (c. 1617-1678), Amsterdam, 19 October 1678, fol. 285v: "In de sal naest het voorhuijs" ("In the room next to the entrance hall"), "Een Hercules vn Mr. Corn van Haarlem" ("a Hercules by Mr. Corn[elis] van Haarlem").
Potschien collection, Berlin, circa 1925, and by descent in 1977.
Confiscated by the East German Government, 24 September 1985,
Transferred to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (East), in December 1986,
Donated under duress to the Staatliche zu Museen Berlin (East), 16 March 1989,
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1989-2008,
Restituted in 2008 to a private collection, Europe, and by whom sold,
[Property of a Private European Collector]; Christie's, New York, 15 April 2008, lot 25, where acquired by the present owner.
(Probably) Claes Rauwart (1564-1612), De Sevenstarre, Amsterdam; his deceased sale, on the premises, Amsterdam, 29 August 1612, lot 30, as "een doeck Hercules CC." ("a canvas [representing] Hercules [by] C[ornelis] C[ornelisz.]"), where acquired for 103 florins by,
(Probably) Hendrick van Os (1555⁄6-1615⁄21), Amsterdam.
(Possibly) inventory of the estate of Herman Becker (c. 1617-1678), Amsterdam, 19 October 1678, fol. 285v: "In de sal naest het voorhuijs" ("In the room next to the entrance hall"), "Een Hercules vn Mr. Corn van Haarlem" ("a Hercules by Mr. Corn[elis] van Haarlem").
Potschien collection, Berlin, circa 1925, and by descent in 1977.
Confiscated by the East German Government, 24 September 1985,
Transferred to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (East), in December 1986,
Donated under duress to the Staatliche zu Museen Berlin (East), 16 March 1989,
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1989-2008,
Restituted in 2008 to a private collection, Europe, and by whom sold,
[Property of a Private European Collector]; Christie's, New York, 15 April 2008, lot 25, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
A. Bredius, "Rembrandtiana," Oud Holland, XXVIII, no. 4, 1910, p. 198.
A. Bredius and O. Hirschmann, Künstler-Inventare: Urkunden zur Geschichte der holländischen Kunst des XVIten, XVIIten und XVIIIten Jahrhunderts, V, The Hague, 1918, p. 1740.
H.J. Postma, "De Amsterdamse verzamelaar Herman Becker (ca. 1617-1678): Nieuwe gegvens over een geldschieter van Rembrandt," Oud Holland, CII, 1988, p. 17.
J. L. McGee, Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562–1638): Patrons, Friends and Dutch Humanists, Nieuwkoop, 1991, pp. 220, 224.
"Jahresberichte der Museen und Sammlungen für 1988 und 1989," Forschungen und Berichte, XXXI, 1991, p. 339.
B. von Henning Bock, et al., Gemäldegalerie Berlin: Gesamtverzeichnis, Berlin, 1996, pp. 33, 329, no. 1223, illustrated.
P.J.J. van Thiel, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem 1562-1638: A monograph and catalogue raisonné, Doornspijk, 1999, pp. 30, 43, 99, 110, 193, 345-346, no. 134, fig. 58, plate II.
L.W. Nichols, "Cornelis van Haarlem Haarlem," Burlington Magazine, CLV, no. 1319, 2013, p. 121.
P. Barolsky, Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art: From Botticelli to Picasso, New Haven and London, 2014, pp. 209-210, fig. 102.
A. Godetsky, "Relative values: Locating the animal in three paintings by Cornelis van Haarlem," Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art, LXXI, 2021, pp. 116-143, fig. 3.
P. Barolsky, "Ovid and the Art of Metamorphoses at the Met," Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics, XXIX, no. 2, Fall 2021, pp. 84, 86, fig. 5.
A. Bredius and O. Hirschmann, Künstler-Inventare: Urkunden zur Geschichte der holländischen Kunst des XVIten, XVIIten und XVIIIten Jahrhunderts, V, The Hague, 1918, p. 1740.
H.J. Postma, "De Amsterdamse verzamelaar Herman Becker (ca. 1617-1678): Nieuwe gegvens over een geldschieter van Rembrandt," Oud Holland, CII, 1988, p. 17.
J. L. McGee, Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562–1638): Patrons, Friends and Dutch Humanists, Nieuwkoop, 1991, pp. 220, 224.
"Jahresberichte der Museen und Sammlungen für 1988 und 1989," Forschungen und Berichte, XXXI, 1991, p. 339.
B. von Henning Bock, et al., Gemäldegalerie Berlin: Gesamtverzeichnis, Berlin, 1996, pp. 33, 329, no. 1223, illustrated.
P.J.J. van Thiel, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem 1562-1638: A monograph and catalogue raisonné, Doornspijk, 1999, pp. 30, 43, 99, 110, 193, 345-346, no. 134, fig. 58, plate II.
L.W. Nichols, "Cornelis van Haarlem Haarlem," Burlington Magazine, CLV, no. 1319, 2013, p. 121.
P. Barolsky, Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art: From Botticelli to Picasso, New Haven and London, 2014, pp. 209-210, fig. 102.
A. Godetsky, "Relative values: Locating the animal in three paintings by Cornelis van Haarlem," Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art, LXXI, 2021, pp. 116-143, fig. 3.
P. Barolsky, "Ovid and the Art of Metamorphoses at the Met," Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics, XXIX, no. 2, Fall 2021, pp. 84, 86, fig. 5.
Exhibited
Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, 1986-2006, inv. no. 2280.
Berlin, Bode-Museum, 2006-2008, inv. no. 96-12.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, on loan, 2008-2018.
Berlin, Bode-Museum, 2006-2008, inv. no. 96-12.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, on loan, 2008-2018.
Presentado por
Paige Kestenman
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale