(c. 1580 – Amsterdam – 1657)
Netherlands, possibly Haarlem, c. 1635
Oil on wood
Monogram HP on the upper edge of the brass basin
Collection label on the reverse: “24. July 1886 […] A Family Group by Hendrik Pot 1600 – 1657 (?) | signed HP | from the Duke of Marlborough Coll Blenheim […]”
Height: 51 cm, width: 68.5 cm
Literature:
- Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures from Blenheim Palace, Which, by order of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods […] June 26, 1886, p. 12, no. 35. (There incorrectly attributed to Palmedes.)
- Mariët Westermann: Art & Home: Dutch Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt, Zwolle 2001, compare no. 19, fig. 57.
Provenance:
Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, 1886.
Since 1886 Frederick Anthony White, 170 Queen’s Gate, London (according to collection label on the reverse).
