A Philosopher Artist: Dirck van Baburen (Dutch, 1592/93–1624)

ca. 1618–19

European Art

On view, 2nd floor, European Art
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

37 5/8 × 41 5/16 in. (95.5 × 105 cm)
framed: 46 1/8 × 51 1/16 in. (117.2 × 129.7 cm)

Credit Line

Dr. Herbert and Monika Schaefer Fund

Accession Number

2023.43.1

Geography

Made in Utrecht, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Possibly Pietro Cussida (died 1622), Rome; possibly by descent to Gianfrancesco Cussida (died 1623), Rome, 1622; possibly by descent to his daughter, Laura Cussida (1622–1692), Rome [see note 1]; possibly by descentto her guardian, Nicolò Gavotti (died 1674), Rome; possibly by inheritance to Carlo Gavotti, Rome, 1674; possibly by descent to his heirs, Italy, 1702.Reportedly private collection, Tuscany, Italy, 19th century, and by descent [see note 2]; sale, Pandolfini, Florence, October 15, 2013, lot 48; sold to private collection, United States, October 15, 2013; sold through Nicholas Hall, New York, to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2023

Note 1: The painting was described in 1624 as ‘un uadro con ritratto di un filosofo con cornice indorata.' (Franits, 2017)

Note 2: The painting is said to have descended from a Tuscan noble family until its sale in 2013 (attestation from Lorenzo Pandolfini, Pandolfini Auctions, October 3, 2013, copy in curatorial file)
Bibliography
  • "Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2022–23), 128, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

figures (representations), paintings

Subject

philosophers

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