Live Auction 2769Old Master Pictures and Drawings
Jacob van Spreeuwen (Leiden 1609/10-after 1650)
Lot 180

Jacob van Spreeuwen (Leiden 1609/10-after 1650)

The Presentation at the Temple

Closed14 November 2007

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Jacob van Spreeuwen (Leiden 1609/10-after 1650)
The Presentation at the Temple
signed and dated 'Ao 1636·IV·SPREEW..' (lower right)
oil on panel
50.4 x 67.5 cm.

with Molle, Lyon.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam 10 November 1998, lot 18.
Juan de Areilza y Churruca, 1990.

Specialist note

Rembrandt's depiction of his mother was most likely used by van Spreeuwen for the figure of the prophet Hanna (see Sumowski, op. cit.).