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DIRCK VAN DELEN (HEUSDEN, NEAR HERTOGENBOSCH 1604-1671 ARNEMUIDEN)
Lot 327PROPERTY FROM THE FLINT INSTUTE OF ARTS, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND

DIRCK VAN DELEN (HEUSDEN, NEAR HERTOGENBOSCH 1604-1671 ARNEMUIDEN)

Elegant figures in a courtyard

Closed31 January 2023

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USD 30,000–50,000

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DIRCK VAN DELEN (HEUSDEN, NEAR HERTOGENBOSCH 1604-1671 ARNEMUIDEN)
Elegant figures in a courtyard
signed and dated 'D van Delen / 1628' ('DV' linked, lower center, on the column's base)
oil on panel
36 3/8 x 61 3/4 in. (92.3 x 156.8 cm.)

Lawrence Currie, Combe Warren, Surrey; his sale, Christie's, London, 17 December 1926, lot 145, as dated '1620' (33 gns. to Leger).
Anonymous sale; Kunst-und Auktionshaus Slatner, Prague, 11-13 June 1927, lot 23.
Max Singewald, Leipzig; his sale, Bangel, Frankfurt, 11 October 1927, lot 24.
Private collection, by 1994, and by whom sold,
[Property from a Private Collection]; Christie's, New York, 8 June 2011, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

This architectural fantasy was painted by Dirck van Delen in 1628, the year that he settled in Arnemuiden, near Middelburg. The staffage has been attributed by Blade (loc. cit.) to Dirck Hals, a frequent collaborator of Van Delen. An adaptation of this composition was produced by the two artists again in 1633 (s'-Hertogenbosch, Noodbrabants Museum).

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