Attributed to Adriaen van der Werff (Rotterdam 1659-1722)
Lot 86

Attributed to Adriaen van der Werff (Rotterdam 1659-1722)

Christ and the Samaritan woman

Closed10 November 2008

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EUR 18,750

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Attributed to Adriaen van der Werff (Rotterdam 1659-1722)
Christ and the Samaritan woman
signed 'A. v.d. Werff' (lower left)
oil on panel
32.4 x 42.2 cm.

C. Wittert van Valkenburg; A. Willis, Rotterdam, 11 April 1731, no. 17 (Dfl. 990).
G. Bicker van Zwieten; sale, The Hague, 12 April 1741, lot 78 (Dfl. 66? to De Waart).
J. de Roore, by 1754, when purchased (Dfl. 768) by
W. Lormier, The Hague; Francken, The Hague, 4 July 1763, lot 338 (Dfl. 1,100 to Fauquet).
J.P.B. Le Brun, Paris, by 1776; Chariot, Paris, 19 January 1778, lot 69 (FFR. 1300).
Sir James Lowther, Lowther Castle, and by descent.
Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle; Christie's, London, July 1937, lot 31 (£75,12 to De Geus van den Heuvel).
On loan to the Gemeente Museum, Arnhem, 1960-1, no. 78.
G. de Geus van den Heuvel; Sotheby Mak van Waay, 26 April 1976, lot 80.

Specialist note

The present composition is very similar to the painting by Adriaen van der Werff in the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hanover.