Galerie Stern Inventory 1936-37
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 1
Artist: Hendrick Avercamp
(Dutch, 1585-1634)
Title: Winter Landscape
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 25 x 34.3 cm
Provenance
- Hans Wetzlar, Amsterdam, c. 1943-
- A. Arens, Brussels
- Jules Watremez, Brussels
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 2
Artist: Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten
(Dutch, 1622-1660)
Title: Rocky Coastal Landscape
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 86 x 100 cm
Signed: Beerstrate
Provenance
- Sale, Sotheby's (London), Old Master Paintings, 17 December 1998, lot 141
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 3
Artist: Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde
(Dutch, 1638-1698)
Title: Italian Landscape
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 59 x 83.5 cm
Provenance
- Sale, Arno Winterberg (Heidelberg), Dekorative Graphik; Landkarten; Stadtansichten; Kunst des 15. bis 20. Jahrhunderts, 11 October 2002, lot 200
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 4
Artist: Dieric Bouts follower
Title: Martyrdom of St. Erasmus
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 90.5 x 86.5 cm.
Formerly attributed to Jan van Rillaer
Copy after Dieric Bouts, Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Louvain
Provenance
- Sale, Rudolph Lepke (Berlin), Galerie Caldenhof, Westfalen: Altdeutsche und Altneiderländische Tafelgemälde, 8 June 1929, lot 18 (as "Jan van Rillaer")
- Dr. Cohen, Stuttgart, Germany, 1937-
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 5
Artist: Salomon de Bray
(Dutch, 1597-1664)
Title: Drinker
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 62.5 x 48 cm
Provenance
- Sale, Sotheby’s (London), Old Master Paintings, 8 April 1987, lot 189 (as “attributed to Salomon de Bray”)
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 6
Artist: Jan Brueghel I (Flemish, 1568-1625)
and Frans Francken II (Flemish, 1581-1642)
Title: Allegory of Earth and Water
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 61 x 89 cm
Provenance
- J. Dik, jr., Huizen, 1944
- Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 1944
- Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, Den Haag, inv. nr. NK 2303, 1946-
- Dienst voor 's Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen, Den Haag, inv. nr. NK 2303, 1949-
- Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch (loaned from Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam
- Restituted to the Estate of Max Stern, 2010
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 7
Artist: Jan Brueghel I (Flemish, 1568-1625)
and Hendrik van Balen I (Flemish, 1575-1632)
Title: A Garland of Flowers Surrounding a Picture of Flora
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 74 x 55 cm
Provenance
- Sale, Paul Graupe (Berlin), Verschiedener Deutscher Kunstbesitz, 23-24 March 1936, lot 141b
- Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods (London), Ancient and Modern Pictures and Drawings, 19 December 1952, lot 102 (as “A Festoon of Flowers Surrounding a Picture of ‘Flora’”) F. Halliwell, -1966
- Sale, Sotheby & Co. (London), Old Master Paintings, 29 June 1966, lot 13
- Leger Galleries, London, 1966-
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 8
Artist: Jan Brueghel I (Flemish, 1568-1625)
Title: Flower Piece
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 79 x 53.5 cm
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 9
Artist: Catharina Croos (Dutch, 17th century)
Title: Landscape with Farmhouses and Figure
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 47 x 66 cm
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 10
Artist: Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp
(Dutch, 1612-1652)
Title: Soldier Scene
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 71.5 x 102 cm
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 11
Artist: Jan Frans van Douven
(Dutch, 1656-1727)
Title: Portrait of Karl III, King of Austria
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 71.5 x 102 cm
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 12
Artist: Isaac van Duynen (Dutch, 1657-1681)
Title: Still Life with Lobster, Grapes, Fruit Bowl and Rose
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 43 x 60 cm
Signed: “van Duijnen 1651”
Provenance
- Sale, Christie, Manson & Wood (London), Catalogue of Old Pictures, 17 March 1939, lot 115.
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 13
Artist: Anthonis van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
Title: The Crucifixion with Mary, Mary Magdalene, and St. Francis of Assisi
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 49.5 x 36 cm
One of three copies after Van Dyke’s altarpiece in Notre Dame Church, Dendermonde. The other two copies are in the collections of the Courtauld Institute Gallery, London and the Museo Civico, Cremona.
Provenance
- Sale, J. & A. Le Roy, frères (Brussels),Tableaux anciens des ecoles Flamande et Hollandaise , 9-10 May 1882
- Arthur von Mumm, Frankfurt, -1934
- Sale, Hugo Helbing (Frankfurt), Alte Gemälde; Moderne Gemälde..., 31 May 1934, lot 104
- Sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz (Cologne), Alte Kunst , 14 November 1962, lot 36, repro.
Gallery Stern inventory 1936-37 no. 14
Artist: Abraham Govaerts
(Flemish, 1589-1626)
Title: Forest Landscape
Medium: Oil on copper
Dimensions: 44 x 65 cm
Verso: Das Zeichen von Peter Stas und das Datum 1609
Provenance
- Sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz (Cologne), Alte Kunst , 14 June 1976, lot 88
- Kunsthandel Galerie Müllenmeister, Düsseldorf, by 1979
- Sale, Dorotheum (Vienna), Alte Meister, 4 March 1997, lot 51
- Sale, Dorotheum (Vienna), Alte Meister, 20 March 1999, lot 392.














