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Michael Sweerts

(Flandern, 1618-1664)
Estimate
350 000 - 400 000 SEK
31 300 - 35 700 EUR
31 700 - 36 200 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Johan Jinnerot
Stockholm
Johan Jinnerot
Specialist Art and Old master paintings
+46 (0)739 400 801
Michael Sweerts
(Flandern, 1618-1664)

Young boy scratching his head

Canvas 29 x 22 cm. Contemporary blackened frame.

Provenance

Kunsthaus Lempertz, Köln, "Merveldt et al Sale", 11 June 1928, cat no 224.
Bukowski Auktioner AB, 4-7 April 1973, cat no 188.

Exhibitions

P de Boer Gallery, Amsterdam, 1937, cat no 101.
Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, "Barnet i konsten", 20 September - 12 October 1941, cat no 291.
Röhsska Museet, Göteborg, "Spetsar, gamla och nya, utländska och svenska", 1942, cat no 31.
Värmlands Museum, Karlstad, 1943, cat no 31.

Literature

Eduard Trautscholdt, "Thieme-Becker", vol XXXII, 1938, page 348-350.
Rolf Kultzen, "Michael Sweerts", 1954, cat no 83.
Rolf Kultzen, "Michiel Sweerts", 1996, page 71, 123, page 110, reproduced pl 110. (owner unknown)