Leonaert Bramer (Delft, 1596-Delft, 1674)
A set of twelve scenes of the life of Christ, c. 1660-1670
All watercolor and gouache on parchment, mounted on laid papers with identified watermark.
approx. 125 x 97 mm each (framed: 74 x 83.5 cm).
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Leonaert Bramer (Delft, 1596-Delft, 1674) is an intriguing painter and draughtsman from the Dutch Golden Age. He traveled to France (1614-1616) and Italy (1616-1628), where he was known as 'Leonardo...
Leonaert Bramer (Delft, 1596-Delft, 1674) is an intriguing painter and draughtsman from the Dutch Golden Age. He traveled to France (1614-1616) and Italy (1616-1628), where he was known as "Leonardo della Notte" in reference to his night scenes paintings. Mainly working in Delft, he knew influential contemporaries like Johannes Vermeer, and was renowned for his genre, religious and historical paintings. The present set of twelve scenes depicting the life of Christ is a refined example of Leonaert Bramer expressive, colorful, and vibrant style. These scenes include: 1. The Transfiguration; 2. The Stoning of Christ; 3. Christ at Gethsemane; 4. The Betrayal of Christ; 5. Christ before Caiaphas; 6. Pilate washing his Hands; 7. The Flagellation of Christ; 8. The Mocking of Christ; 9. The Way to Calvary; 10. The Deposition; 11. The Entombment; 12. The Resurrection.
Watercolors from the same set:
Adoration of the Shepherds (Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts collection, 1969.1619).
Adoration of the Magi (Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts collection, 1969.1620).
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (Milwaukee, private collection; on loan to the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, XL 1989.4.2).
Watercolors from the same set:
Adoration of the Shepherds (Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts collection, 1969.1619).
Adoration of the Magi (Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts collection, 1969.1620).
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (Milwaukee, private collection; on loan to the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, XL 1989.4.2).
Provenance
Made by Leonaert Bramer in Delft circa 1660-1670 alongside with at least three other watercolors originally from the same set.The Netherlands, anonymous collector, 18th century (the watercolors are all mounted on a Dutch paper with the "Maid of Dort" form of the Pro Patria watermark and were placed together in an album).
Antwerp, collection of René della Faille Waerloos (fourteen watercolors).
Amsterdam, his sale, Frederik Müller & Co, January 19, 1904, part of lot 59.
Amsterdam, collection of Frederick Müller.
Düsseldorf, collection of C. G. Boerner, 1968.
New Heaven, collection of David and Louis Carter (twelve watercolors).
New York, their sale, Sotheby's, January 27, 2021, lot 90.
Switzerland, private collection.
Exhibitions
Exhibited at:Works on paper: Princeton Alumni Collections, Princeton, The Princeton Art Museum, 26 April-21 June 1981.
Leonaert Bramer, 1596-1674: A Painter of the Night, Milwaukee, Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, 1992.
Literature
Published in:H. Wichmann, Leonaert Bramer, sein Leben und seine Kunst, Leipzig, 1923, p. 170, n° 102.
Works on paper: Princeton Alumni Collections, exhibition catalogue (Princeton, The Princeton Art Museum, 26 April-21 June 1981), 1982, p. 60-65.
Leonaert Bramer 1596-1674: A Painter of the Night, exhibition catalogue (Milwaukee, Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, 1992), Milwaukee, n° 35-49.
M. Plomp, "Appendix II. List of Drawing set", in Leonaert Bramer 1596-1674: Ingenious Painter and Draughtsman in Rome and Delft, exhibition catalogue (Delft, Museum het Prinsenhof, 1994), ed. J. ten Brink Goldsmith, P. Huys Janssen, M. Kersten, J. M. Montias, M. Plomp, A. Q. van Ufford, Zwolle and Delft, 1994, n° 9.