LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel, with the original gessoed reverse

Measurements:

36.77 in. (93.40 cm.) (height) by 48.23 in. (122.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'D.o. FFRANCK IN et f.' ('FF' in ligature, lower right, on the shield), with an unidentified early collector's monogram, PSL (in ligature, verso, center) and the inventory number Ao A / 269 (verso, center right)

Exhibited:

London, Noortman, A Selection of Important Paintings by Old and Modern Masters from Our 1980 Collection, 1980, no. 4, as Frans Francken II and Abraham Govaerts.

Literature:

K. Müllenmeister, Meer und Land im Licht des 17. Jahrhunderts, Bremen, 1981, III, p. 117, fig. 599, as Frans Francken II and 'Jacob and Laban'. U. Härting, Studien zur Kabinettbildmalerei des Frans Francken II 1581-1642, Zürich, 1983, no. A9, fig. T.IV, n.p., illustrated on front cover. K. Borms, Abraham Govaerts (1589-1626): Zijn leven en artistieke bedrijvigheid, Leuven, 1988, p. 103. U. Härting, Frans Francken der Jüngere: die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Lingen, 1989, pp. 133-134, 141, 155 and 229, no. 9, pl. 33. F. Huygens, 'Alexander Keirincx (1600-1652): Een Antwerps landschapschilder te Amsterdam', MA Thesis, Leuven, 1989, no. 42. U. Härting and K. Borms, Abraham Govaerts: Der Waldmaler (1589-1626), Wommelgem, 2003, p. 124, no. 104.

Provenance:

Mary Charlotte Hunter; Christie’s, London, 29 April 1949, lot 27, as Frans Francken (35 gns. to Legatt). Dr. E.I. Schapiro, London, by 1953; (†) Christie’s, London, 30 March 1979, lot 15, as Frans Francken the Younger. with Noortman, London, by 1979. Private collection, Essen, by 1983. with Colnaghi-Bernheimer, London, by 2008, from whom acquired by the present owner in 2011.