The Cleveland Museum of Art

• Provenance
  1975-

  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

  c. 1972-1975

  Noah L. [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-1998], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

  1972

  (Art dealer, United States, probably sold to Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin) 1

  1972

  (Sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Nov. 3, 1972, no. 38, sold to an American art dealer)

  Until 1972

  Estate of private collector, consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet

  After 1916-by 1972

  Private collection

  After 1916

  (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, probably sold to a private collector) 1

  1916-

  J.T. or J.F. Drake 1

  1916

  (Sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, April 3-5, 1916, no. 152, illus. p. 42, sold to J.T. or J.F. Drake) 1

  1895-1916

  William Macbeth, New York, consigned to the Anderson Galleries 1

  1883-1895

  J.L. Muyser or possibly another private collector, Holland 1

  1883

  (Royer-Kerst and Muyser sale, Nahuys-Hodgson, Amsterdam, Nov. 14, 1883, no. 142, MS addition to sales catalogue by Victor Stuers)

  Until 1883

  M. Muyser, The Hague 1

  Provenance Footnotes

  1 1 Christie's could not disclose the identity of the dealer who purchased the Santvoort at the 1972 sale.  Given the brief length of time between the auction and the Butkins' donation of the painting to CMA in 1975, it is likely that this dealer sold the painting to the Butkins shortly after his or her purchase of the painting at Sotheby Parke Bernet - a more likely scenario than the Butkins' purchasing the painting at the auction through this unnamed dealer, as Christie's records show that the Butkins were not the buyers.

  2 1 While it is likely that Knoedler sold the Santvoort to a private collector, it is not known if the buyer was the same private collector from whose estate Sotheby  Parke Bernet sold the painting in 1972.  

  3 1The buyer written in the annotated copy of the Anderson Galleries catalogue appears to read “J.F. Drake,” but the handwriting is not easily legible.  The published auction results in American Art News say that “J.T. Drake” paid $430 for the Santvoort, while those same auction results note that James F. Drake purchased a first edition in a books sale, and indeed, James F. Drake was a New York auction house specializing in books and manuscripts.  Lugt’s Répertoire lists no J. Drakes. 

  4 1 William Macbeth writes in his preface to the sale catalogue that because the increasing interest in American art took up much of his time, he kept postponing any exhibitions of his Old Masters collection, having finally decided to store them no longer and put them up for auction.

  5 1William Macbeth’s preface to the 1916 Anderson Galleries sale says, “The pictures consisting of the Old Masters which are here catalogued as my property are part of a collection purchased by me in Holland in 1895.  The forming of the collection was the life work of a well-known resident of The Hague, M. Muijser.  In his old age he decided to part with his pictures, but could not be induced to separate them,--hence the inclusion of some of minor importance." 

  6 1The purchaser of this painting is not listed in the sale catalogue, and because William Macbeth indicates that he purchased a collection in Holland in 1895 that was formed by “M. Muijser,” it is possible that the painting failed to sell at the auction and Muyser remained in possession of it until Macbeth bought it from him twelve years later.  Unlike most of the Macbeth Gallery stock books, which are held by the Archives of American Art, the volume covering the years 1984-1903 contains a record of the paintings personally owned by William Macbeth, and the Santvoort and numerous other Old Master paintings are listed under “Collection bought of M. Muisjer, The Hague, Holland, August 1895.”

  7 1M. Muyser (sometimes spelled “Muijser”) could be J.L. Muyser, who is referred to in Hofstede de Groot’s A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeeth Century as owning or previously owning several other paintings.  There is also a J.L. Muyser, likely the same person, who was a prolific collector of the work of Josef Israels.  A sale catalogue of his Israels collection is dated May 3, 1904, but provides neither his full name nor any additional information.  One candidate is a J.L. Muyser listed in the “Nederlandsche Residentie- en ‘Sgravenhaagsche Stads-Almanak” from 1864: Volume 19, page 170 lists J.L. Muyser as one of two cashiers/controllers of the royal household (“controleur en kassier der hofhouding”).
• Citations
  Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.

  Sotheby's (Firm). Old Master Paintings and Drawings. Nov. 3, 1972.

  Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.

  Sotheby's (Firm). Old Master Paintings and Drawings. Nov. 3, 1972.

  Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.

  Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.

  Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.

  Anderson Galleries, Inc. Paintings by American and European Artists. April 3-5, 1916.

  American Art News 14, no. 27 (April 8, 1916): 8.

  Anderson Galleries, Inc. Paintings by American and European Artists. April 3-5, 1916.

  Anderson Galleries, Inc. Paintings by American and European Artists. April 3-5, 1916.

  Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968, bulk, 1892-1953, Series 3: Inventory Records, 1892-ca. 1957, Stock Book, 1894-1903, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution [Box 113].

  Anderson Galleries, Inc. Paintings by American and European Artists. 1916.

  Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968, bulk, 1892-1953, Series 3: Inventory Records, 1892-ca. 1957, Stock Book, 1894-1903, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution [Box 113].

  Frederik Muller & Cie. Tableaux anciens et modernes; aquarelles; sculptures. Nov. 14, 1883.

  Anderson Galleries, Inc. Paintings by American and European Artists. 1916.

  The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Reproduced: p. 272; Mentioned; p. 271-273

  “Annual Report for 1975.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 63, no. 6 (June 1976): 155–198. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 164-165 www.jstor.org
• Exhibition History
  Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).

  CMA, November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984: "Portraiture: The Image of the Individual," no cat.

  CMA, February 1976: "Year in Review," cat., Bulletin, LXIII (February 1976), p.67, no. 62.

  CMA 1973: "Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century," no catalogue.
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