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The Preaching of John the Baptist, 1634
Bartholomeus Breenbergh (Dutch, 1598–1657)
Oil on wood; 21 1/2 x 29 5/8 in. (54.6 x 75.2 cm)
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1991 (1991.305)
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Provenance/Ownership History
?sale, Amsterdam, September 12, 1708, no. 12, for fl. 450; ?sale, Amsterdam, May 7–8, 1709, no. 9 for fl. 150; ?sale, Amsterdam, July 17, 1709, no. 15, for fl. 430; ?sale, Amsterdam, March 22, 1720, no. 2, for fl. 310; Theodore Boendermaker and his wife, Jacoba Elisabeth ten Grootenhuys, Amsterdam (until 1768; her estate sale, Amsterdam, March 30, 1768, no. 2, for fl. 510 to Van der Marck); Johan van der Marck, Leyden (1768–73; his estate sale, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, no. 30, for fl. 800 to Fouquet); [Pieter Fouquet, Amsterdam, from 1773]; Pierre-Louis-Paul Randon de Boisset, Paris (until d. 1776; his estate sale, Rémy and Julliot, Paris, February 27ff., 1777, no. 96, for Fr 5,019.19); Joseph-François, comte de Vaudreuil, Paris (1777–84; his sale, Le Brun, Paris, November 24ff., 1784, no. 49, for Fr 4,990 to Lenglier); sale, Paillet and Delaroche, Paris, July 19–29, 1802, no. 13, for Fr 1,581 to Paillet; [Alexandre Paillet, Paris, 1802; probably sold to Van Winter in or shortly after 1802]; Pieter Nicolaas Simonsz. van Winter, Amsterdam (in or shortly after 1802–d. 1807); his daughter, Lucretia Johanna van Winter, Amsterdam (1807–22); Lucretia Johanna van Winter and her husband, Hendrik Six van Hillegom (1822–both d. by 1847); their sons, Jan Pieter Six van Hillegom and Pieter Hendrik Six van Vromade, Amsterdam (1847–51; their anonymous sale, de Vries, Roos, and Brondgeest, Amsterdam, November 25, 1851, no. 7, for fl. 250 to Nieuwenhuys); [Nieuwenhuys, Brussels and London, from 1851]; Charles Scarisbrick, Scarisbrick Hall and Wrightington Hall, Lancashire (until d. 1860; his estate sale, Christie's, London, May 10–25, 1861, no. 675, for £28.10 to Bohn); Henry George Bohn, North End House, Twickenham (1861–d. 1884; his estate sale, Christie's, London, March 19ff., 1885, no. 200); J. Passmore Edwards, London (until 1902; sale, Christie's, London, April 7, 1902, no. 60, for £19.19 to Schroeder); Baron Karl Kuffner de Dioszegh, Castle Dioszegh, Dioszegh, Czechoslovakia (until 1940); his son, Baron Raoul Kuffner de Dioszegh and the Baroness de Dioszegh [the painter Tamara de Lempicka], New York (1940–48; their sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, November 18, 1948, no. 29, for $475); [Paul Drey, New York, in 1948]; [Julius Weitzner, New York; sold to Chrysler]; Walter P. Chrysler Jr., New York (by 1951–at least 1958); [M. R. Schweitzer, New York, until 1969; sold for $24,000 to Humann]; Christian Humann, Paris (1969–73; sold for $90,000 to Feigen); [Richard L. Feigen, New York, 1973–91; sold to MMA]
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