National Gallery of Art :: The Collection :: Saskia van Uylenburgh, the Wife of the Artist
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Bourchier Cleeve [d. 1760], Foots Cray Place, Kent; by inheritance to his daughter, Elizabeth; by marriage 1765 to her husband, Sir George Yonge, Bart., London; (his sale, at his residence by Mr. White, London, 24-25 March 1806, 2nd day, no. 79); Foster. William Wells [1760-1847], Redleaf, near Penshurst, Kent, by 1831;[1] by inheritance to his grandnephew, William Wells [1818-1889], Redleaf; (his granduncle's estate sale, Christie & Manson, London, 12-13 May 1848, no. 67, probably bought in for or by Wells); (his estate sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 10 and 12 May 1890, no. 93); (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London); Henry Bingham Mildmay [1828-1905], Shoreham Place, Kent, and Flete House, Devon; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 24 June 1893, no. 58); (Wertheimer, London). (Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris); sold 30 July 1894 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Wells lent the painting to an 1831 exhibition at the British Institution.

Exhibition History

1831
British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, London, 1831, no. 85.
1909
The Hudson-Fulton Celebration, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1909, no. 81.
1969
Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 2, 12, repro.
2003
Dutch and Flemish Treasures from the National Gallery of Art, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 2003, no cat.
2005
Loan for display with permanent collection, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, 2005.

Bibliography

1829
Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. 9 vols. London, 1829-1842: 7(1836):183, no. 576.
1836
Passavant, Johann David. Tour of a German Artist in England. Translated by Elizabeth Eastlake. 2 vols. London, 1836: 2:71-72.
1885
Widener 1885-1900, 2:241, repro.
1894
Sedelmeyer, Charles. Illustrated Catalogue of 100 Paintings by Old Masters of the Dutch, Flemish, Italian, French and English Schools belonging to the Sedelmeyer Gallery. Paris, 1894: 38, no. 31, repro.
1897
Bode, Wilhelm von, assisted by Cornelis Hofstede de Groot. The Complete Work of Rembrandt. Trans. Florence Simonds. 8 vols. Paris, 1897-1906: 3(1899):6, 50, no. 153, repro.
1899
Bell, Malcolm. Rembrandt van Rijn and His Work. London, 1899 (2nd. edition, 1907): 185 (also 1907 ed.: 156).
1906
Rosenberg 1906, 98, repro. (also 1908 ed.: 129, repro.; and 1909 ed.: 129, repro.).
1907
Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.... 8 vols., translated from the German edition. London, 1907-1917: 6(1916):297, no. 615.
1909
The Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1909: no. 81.
1913
Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis, and Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Pictures in the Collection of P.A.B. Widener at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania: Early German, Dutch, and Flemish Schools. Philadelphia, 1913: unpaginated, repro.
1914
Hundred Masterpieces of the Sedelmeyer Gallery. Paris, 1914: 72, no.34, repro.
1914
Valentiner 1914, 244, no. 24.
1921
Valentiner 1921, 129, repro.
1923
Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923: unpaginated, repro.
1923
Meldrum, David S. Rembrandt's Painting, with an Essay on His Life and Work. New York, 1923: 41, 67, pl. 167.
1923
Van Dyck, John C. Rembrandt and His School. New York, 1923: 124.
1930
Valentiner, Wilhelm R. "Important Rembrandts in American Collections." Art ewsN 28, no. 30 (26 April 1930): 3.
1931
Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 60, repro.
1931
Valentiner 1931, intro., no. 51, pl. 30.
1935
Bredius, Abraham. Rembrandt, Schilderijen. Vienna, 1935. English ed., Oxford, 1942: no. 96, repro. (also 1942 English ed.).
1938
Waldman, Emil. "Die Sammlung Widener." Pantheon 22 (November 1938): 334-343.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 6.
1948
Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 36, repro.
1963
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 312, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 111.
1966
Bauch, Kurt. Rembrandt Gemälde. Berlin, 1966: no. 488, repro.
1968
Gerson 1968, 292, 495, no. 174, repro.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 96, repro.
1969
Gerson/Bredius 1969, 85, repro.
1969
Haak, Bob. Rembrandt: His Life, His Work, His Time. New York, 1969: 92, no. 134, repro.
1973
Louttit, M. "The Romantic Dress of Saskia van Ulenborch: Its Pastoral and Theatrical Associations." The Burlington Magazine 115 (May 1973): 317-326, repro. no. 76.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 290, repro.
1977
Bolten, J., and H. Bolten-Rempt. The Hidden Rembrandt. Trans. Danielle Adkinson. Milan and Chicago, 1977: 180, no. 166.
1977
Kettering, Alison McNeil. "Rembrandt's Flute player: a unique treatment of pastoral." Simiolus 9 (1977): 19-44.
1978
King, Marian. Adventures in Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1978: 49, pl. 26.
1981
Janson, Anthony F. "Rembrandt in the Indianapolis Museum of Art." Perceptions 1 (1981): 6-21.
1981
Miller, David A. "A Conservator's Report." Perceptions 1 (1981): 23-33.
1982
Bruyn, Josua, et al. (Rembrandt Research Project). A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings. 3 vols. to date. The Hague, Boston and London, 1982-: 3(1989):651-656, 3 repros.
1984
Schwartz 1984/1985, 189-190, repro. (also 1985 English ed.: 190, repro.).
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 273, no. 352, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 333, repro.
1986
Guillaud, Jacquelin and Maurice Guillaud. Rembrandt: Das Bild des Menschen. Paris, 1986: no. 331, repro. (also English ed., Trhe Human Form and Spirit, trans. Elizabeth Willems-Treeman, New York, 1986).
1986
Sutton, Peter C. A Guide to Dutch Art in America. Grand Rapids and Kampen, 1986: 312, repro. no. 467.
1986
Tümpel 1986, 114, repro., 410, no. 183.
1991
Grimm, Claus. Rembrandt selbst: Eine Neuhewertung seiner Porträtkunst. Stuttgart, 1991: 61, fig. 105, 72, color repro. 36 (detail).
1995
Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 210-215, color repro. 211.
1999
Schama, Simon. Rembrandt's Eyes. New York, 1999: color repro
2004
Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 202, no. 158, color repro.

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