Live Auction 10252The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection. Part I
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer (Harlingen 1608-1653 Amsterdam)
Lot 49

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer (Harlingen 1608-1653 Amsterdam)

A kneeling woman

Closed10 July 2014

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Jacob Adriaensz. Backer (Harlingen 1608-1653 Amsterdam)
A kneeling woman
with inscription 'J. de Bakker.'
black and white chalk, grey wash, on grey-blue paper, brown ink framing lines
12 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (30.7 x 20 cm.)

Vincent van Gogh (1866-1911), the cousin of the artist; R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 2-3 December 1913, lot 22.
Probably with Prouté, Paris; from whom purchased in March 1922 by I.Q. van Regteren Altena for 2 guilders (Inventory book: '80. t. J. Backer model').

Specialist note

Backer executed a number of figure studies in black and white chalk on blue paper, similar in style to those by his associate Govert Flinck (1615-1660). The present drawing, which can probably be dated to around 1643, shows a model who appears wearing the same costume in at least two other figure studies by Backer: the Woman with her hand resting on a jug in the British Museum (Sumowski, op. cit., no. 29x) and the Standing woman in a private American collection (Sumowski, op. cit., no. 26x).