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Jan van Bijlert (Utrecht, 1603 - 1671)
The prodigal son
Oak …
See original version (French)
204
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Jan van Bijlert (Utrecht, 1603 - 1671)
The prodigal son
Oak …
See original version (French)
Estimate €15,000 - €20,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Jan van Bijlert (Utrecht, 1603 - 1671)
The prodigal son
Oak panel with parquet floor
Signed on the right "J.Bijlert".
Exhibition label "Le pain et le vin" on the reverse, Galerie Charpentier, 1954
Height 40 Width 70.5 cm.
Old restorations.
Louis XIV period carved wood frame.
Provenance :
- Porgès collection, Paris 1911 (according to Janssens) ;
- sale in Amsterdam, Muller, 15-18 April 1947, n°540, art dealer of Katz, Dieren ;
- Nathan Katz sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 25 April 1951, no. 11;
- collection Louis Henri Girard (1881-1973), industrialist in Champagnole, Jura ;
- by descent, private collection, Tours.
The Prodigal Son by Bijlert, on cradled oak panel.
Art Loss Register, 24 February 2026, no. ALRS00267698.
Very high definition digitisation and secure digital passport in the blockchain by Nüme available on request from rouillac.com
Exhibitions :
- Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts, 1929, cat. no. 995 ;
- Chez Katz, Deventer, Hôtel de Ville, 1948, no. 9, no catalogue;
- Le pain et le vin, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, June 1954, n°154.
Bibliography:
- Hofestede de Groot in Oud Holland 13, 1894, no. 36;
- W. Busch, in Oud Holland, 97 1903 n° 259 ;
- W. Busch, 'Rembrandt's "Ledikant" - der Verlorenen Sohn im Bett,' Oud Holland 97 (1983), pp. 257-265, fig.2 (according to Janssens) ;
- Connaissance des arts, 15 July 1953, no. 17, reproduced pp. 26-27 (according to Janssens);
- Hoogewerff, 1965, no. 16.
- Moiso-Diekamp, 1987, p. 146.
- Huys Janssen, Paul. Jan van Bijlert ?: 1597/98-1671 ?: Catalogue Raisonné. Amsterdam Philadelphia (PA): John
Benjamins B. V., 1998, p. 103, no. 22, repr. p. 308, plate 124.
A copy of our painting was sold at Sotheby's London, 9 December 1991, no. 160.
See original version (French)
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