Bidspirit auction | Adriaen van der Werff: Hercules

Adriaen van der Werff: Hercules between Vice and Virtue - WERFF , ADRIAEN VAN DER 1659 Karlinger-Ambacht–1722 Rotterdam Title: Hercules between Vice and Virtue. Date: 1715 (?). Technique: Oil on wood. Measurement: 58.5 x 44.5cm. Notation: Signed and dated laterally right: [.]erf 715 (?). Frame: Framed. Provenance: - Private ownership, Germany; Lempertz auction, Cologne, 14.–16.11.1974, Lot 206; presumably a private ownership, Sweden; Christie’s auction, London, 18.06.1954, Lot 35; presumably Edward Foster auction, London, 19.05.1830, Lot 48 (as ‘Description: Hercules accompanied by Wisdom’); John Campbell Collection, 1st Marquess of Bredalbane; Christie’s auction, London, 14.–15.05.1802, Lot 59 (as “Hercules betwixt Virtue and Pleasure [.] the figure of Hercules is perfect in drawing, and the expression of all the figures admirable”); Sir Simon Clarke Collection; George Hibbert Collection, until 1802; Jan Jansz Collection. Gildemester, Amsterdam; Alexandre-Joseph Paillet Collection, Paris, from 1786 (as ‘An allegorical painting by this Master, depicting Hercules between vice and virtue’); Jean J. Bertels auction, London, 8.-9.05.1783, Lot 76 (as “Hercules between Virtue and Vice; one of the best preserved pictures of this inestimable artist, whose fame is so well known to the great world”); Sir Gregory Page Collection, Brussels, until 1783; the painting can probably be identified as the one described in a sales catalogue by the merchant Boendermaker in Amsterdam dated 12.08.1719 (“Hercules, seated, young in appearance; flanked by two women, one representing Virtue, the other Vice, or Wellus”). Literature: B. Gaehtgens: Adriaen van der Werff 1659-1722, Munich 1987, p. 252-253, no. 36 with ill. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: The lot is unsuitable for parcel shipping. Transport only by shipping company after consultation following the auction. additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Adriaen van der Werff #Classicism #The Netherlands #17th/18th C. #Mythology #Painting #Old Masters.