Jacques de Claeuw (Dordrecht c. 1623-after 1694 Leiden)
Lot 244 PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ART ACQUISITION FUND OF THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM

Jacques de Claeuw (Dordrecht c. 1623-after 1694 Leiden)

A hoopoe and finches in a carved stone niche

Closed29 January 2015

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USD 15,000

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Jacques de Claeuw (Dordrecht c. 1623-after 1694 Leiden)
A hoopoe and finches in a carved stone niche
signed indistinctly 'JDCl....' (lower center)
oil on panel
18¾ x 14½ in. (47.6 x 36.8 cm.)

with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam (inv. 1518), likely before 1930;
Looted from the above by the Nazi authorities, July, 1940.
Restituted to Desiree Goudstikker, New York, 17 May 1949.
with Daan Cevat, London, until 1964.
with Van-Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York, by 1964, as 'Van Leeuwen', where acquired in 1966 by the Seattle Art Museum (Margaret E. Fuller purchase fund).

Specialist note

We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for confirming the attribution to De Claeuw on the basis of photographs.