Follower of Gabriel Metsu
The parabel of the Prodigal Son
oil on panel
27.8 x 23.1 cm.
Follower of Gabriel Metsu
The parabel of the Prodigal Son
oil on panel
27.8 x 23.1 cm.
Fürstlich Liechtensteinsche Galerie, Vienna.
Dr. Victor Bloch, Vienna;
His forced sale, H. W. Lange, Berlin, 18 November 1938, lot. 169.
Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 29 January 1944.
with Goudstikker-Miedl, Amsterdam
Alfred Kummerlé, Brandenburg, acquired from the above, 23 February 1944, and by descent
Confiscated by the East German authorities, 1954;
Given to the Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig;
Restituted to the heirs of Dr. Victor Bloch, 2013.
F.W. Robinson, Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667), A Study of His Place in Dutch Genre Painting of the Golden Age, New York, 1974, p. 74, note 36, as Attributed to Gabriel Metsu.
J. Nicolaisen, Niederländische Malerei 1440-1800: im Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Leipzig 2012, p. 200, no. 203, as partial copy, with further references.
A.E. Waiboer, Gabriel Metsu, Life and Work, A catalogue raissonné, New Harven and London, 2012, no. D-6, as rejected attribution.
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