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Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert (Durgerdam, near Amsterdam 1591-1655 Amsterdam)
Lot 110

Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert (Durgerdam, near Amsterdam 1591-1655 Amsterdam)

The worship of the Golden Calf

Closed7 July 2010

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GBP 49,250

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Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert (Durgerdam, near Amsterdam 1591-1655 Amsterdam)
The worship of the Golden Calf
signed with initials and dated 'CLM f. 1640' (lower right)
oil on canvas
65¼ x 83¼ in. (165.7 x 201.4 cm.)

(Possibly) Anonymous sale; Hendrik de Winter, Amsterdam, 4 October 1769, lot 100, 'Dit is eene rijke Ordonantie, zeer krachtig en fraai gepenceeld', (sold fl. 9).
Anonymous sale [A.W.B. Hawes]; Christie's, London, 28 July 1922, lot 99 (26 gns. to Leger).
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 11-13 February 1929, lot 159.
Private collection, Vienna, by 1974.

Specialist note

Painted in 1640, this is a major work from Moeyaert's maturity that reflects his re-acquaintance with the stylistic legacy of Lastman and away from his more Rembrandtesque work of the 1630s. At the same time, however, the work retains the quality of light and confidence of handling that typify his oeuvre and that were so to influence his pupils, in particular Nicolaes Berchem and Jan Baptist Weenix.