Provenance
Possibly Suzanna Bernoille (died 1649), Antwerp by 1629 [Duverger 1987, p. 156, Doc. 670 and Duverger 1992, pg. 39, Doc. 1580]. Possibly Jan van Meurs (1583–1652), Antwerp [Duverger 1992, p. 267, Doc. 1745, p. 296, Doc. 1769]. Probably Edmund Larken, Esq. (1766–1831), London [this and the following according to annotated sales catalogue at the Getty Research Institute; copy in curatorial file]; sold, his estate sale, Christie & Manson, London, June 16–17, 1831, lot 91 to “Ewart”. Private collection, Belgium; sold, Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, May 9, 2006, lot 11, to Johnny van Haeften, London; sold to The Leiden Collection, New York, 2006 [this and the following according to email correspondence from Salomon Lilian, July 30, 2025; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Salomon Lilian, Geneva, 2023; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.
Accession Number
274209
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
73.5 × 112.8 cm (28 15/16 × 44 7/16 in.)
Classification
oil on panel
Credit Line
In memory of a young boy who delighted in the story of Esther and of all those he loved and who love him