Object number1980.17
The Sacrifice of Noah
Date1628
Artist
Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert
(Dutch, 1591-1655)
MediumOil on oak panel
DimensionsUnframed: 31 1/2 x 50 7/16 in. (80.01 x 128.11 cm)
Framed: 39 x 58 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (99.06 x 148.59 x 5.4 cm)
Framed: 39 x 58 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (99.06 x 148.59 x 5.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Friends of the Vassar College Art Gallery Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod17th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated (middle of left side): CL Mooy[?]ert f[ec?] / 1628 (mongram)
MarkingsNo further evidence. (Examined 6/12/06, wax relining).
ProvenanceFrankfurt Private Collection, probably H. Schneider, Aachen, 1903; Sale, Sotheby & Co., March 26, 1969, lot 106; A Wetzlar, Amsterdam, 1969; H. Schickman Gallery, New York; Sotheby Parke Bernet, “Important Old Master Paintings,” sale number 4388, June 4, 1980, lot 106, purchase by VC Art Gallery.Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistorySacramento, California, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, The Art Museum of the City of Sacramento, “The Pre-Rembrandtists,” December 7, 1974 - January 26, 1975, no. 15; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwauke Art Center, “The Bible Through Dutch Eyes: From Genesis Through the Apocrypha,” April 9 - May 23, 1976, no. 3, p. 16 and illus. p. 117;
New York, New York, IBM Gallery of Sciences and Art, “Highlights from the Vassar College Collection,” July 13 - September 11, 1993.
Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "A Museum Menagerie: Highlights from the Permanent Collection," April 25 - August 13, 2017
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