Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Harlingen 1608 - Amsterdam 1651

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Portrait of Willem van Loon

Oil on panel, 67 x 50.5 cm

ENQUIRIES

Provenance

Collection Perneti, Italy (from Julius Böhler’s stock book);
Julius Böhler, Munich, Mai 1904;
James Simon (1851-1932), Berlin, from August 1904;
Sale, James Simon collection, F. Muller, Amsterdam, 25-26 October 1927, lot 20, as Govert Flinck (sold fl. 4800 to Böhler);
Julius Böhler, Munich, until 16 January 1928 (sold £1100);
Sir Robert Abdy (1896-1976), London, 1928-1936;
Sale, Sir Robert Abdy collection, Sotheby's London, 28 May 1936, lot 66, as Govert Flinck (sold for £180);
Thomas Agnew & Sons, London;
Alfred Brod, London, 1952;
Mrs. A. McKinnon, Hunton Manor, Winchester;
Sale, Sotheby's London, 25 June 1969, lot.37, as Govert Flinck (sold for £720 to Leegenhoeck or Francis...);
With Giorgio Caretto, Turin, 1977;
Private collection, Italy;
Private collection, USA.

Literature

Bayerisches Wirtschaftsarchiv (BWA) F43, Lagerbuch 1904, p.184;
The Burlington Magazine 76 (April 1940, supplement), 3 (as Govert Flinck);
J.W. von Moltke, Govaert Flinck 1615-1660, Amsterdam 1965, pp. 245, 246, no. 99 (maybe by Backer);
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der. Rembrandt-Schüler, part I, Landau /Pfalz 1983, pp. 200, 259, no. 56; VI, 1995, 3591;
J. Bruyn, 'Boekbespreking: Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der. Rembrandt-Schüler, I', Oud Holland 98, 1984, p. 160, note. 13;
R.E.O.Ekkart, Nederlandse portretten uit de 17e eeuw, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam 1995, I, p. 51 note 5;
E. Runia, in Den Haag 2002, pp. 16, 19 note 2;
P. van den Brink, Jacob Backer (1608/9-1651), Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam/Aachen 2008, p.234 and 124 fig. 1, no. A85;
P. van den Brink, Jacob Backer: The lost portrait of Willem van Loon, London/Turin 2020.

Exhibition

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum-Verein, former Palace Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden, Berlin, 1906, no.16;
Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum-Verein, Royal Art Academy, Berlin, 1909, no. 34 (Flinck);
Thomas Agnew, Exhibition 1936 and 1938, London.