Live Auction 2820Old Master and 19th Century Art
Jan Victors (Amsterdam 1619-1676 Indonesia)
Lot 68

Jan Victors (Amsterdam 1619-1676 Indonesia)

Diogenes searching for an Honest Man

Closed6 May 2009

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EUR 16,250

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Jan Victors (Amsterdam 1619-1676 Indonesia)
Diogenes searching for an Honest Man
oil on canvas
106.7 x 89.2 cm.

Miss J. McEwan.
Karl Frohlich; Christie's, London, 20 November 1940, lot 210, sold to Berendt (£ 7.7.0).
Morris I. Kaplan, Chicago; Sotheby's, London, 12 June 1968, lot 105.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 24 November 1971, lot 215, where purchased by
Sir Eric Scowen; Sotheby's, London, 31 October 1979, lot 46.
Trustees of the Sir A.C.S. Abdy Will Trust; Christie's, London, 2 May 1980, lot 14.
with K. & V. Waterman, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 13 January 1987, lot 139.

Specialist note

The theme of Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man was a favorite of
Victors, who painted three other versions of the subject. An early
version dated 1654 is most similar; a second version is in the
Hermitage, St. Petersburg, while the whereabouts of the third version
are unknown. Dr. Werner Sumowski dates the present painting to Victors' mature period of 1655-76.