Artwork Details
45-1/4 x 37-1/16 in. (canvas) approximately 56-1/2 x 48 x 6-1/2 in. (framed)
Accession NumberJames E. Roberts Fund and Contributions
CopyrightEuropean Painting and Sculpture Before 1800
Color PalettePossibly Henry Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland [1877-1928].{1} (Asher Werthheimer, London);{2} Edward R. Bacon [1848-1915], New York and Netherdale House, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, by 1915. Probably (P. Jackson Higgs, New York){3} (Newhouse Galleries, New York, New York) by 1943;{4} Purchased by the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1944 (44.09). ------- {1} The pendant to this portrait, at the MFA Boston (10.104) is recorded as coming “from the collection of Lord Buckland through Asher Wertheimer, the London dealer;" see letter from Vose Galleries to Arthur Fairbanks, MFA, dated 5 April 1910. See IMA Historical File (44.09). {2} See Memorial Catalogue of Paintings by Old and Modern Masters Collected by Edward R. Bacon, New York 1919, no. 149. {3} See notations in IMA Historical File (44.09). {4} See IMA Temporary Receipt 4495-2, dated 30 November 1943.
Nicolas Maes, a gifted pupil of Rembrandt, had two distinct phases in his career. Prior to 1660 he was known for intimate genre scenes in the manner of Rembrandt. After that date, he dedicated his considerable talents to painting portraits like this one, which reveal his admiration for Flemish masters like Van Dyck and Jordaens.
So much work came his way that it was deemed a favour if one person was granted the opportunity to sit for his portrait before another, and so it remained for the rest of his life.
-Arnold Houbraken, 1718-21
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Chengdu Museum
September 28, 2020 - January 4, 2021
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Chengdu Museum
September 29, 2020 - January 4, 2021
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Hunan Provincial Museum
May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Hunan Provincial Museum
May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Guandong Museum
January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Guandong Museum
January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020
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