For his upcoming dissertation on the versatile painter Barent Fabritius (1624-1673), Jochem van Eijsden is looking for eleven paintings by and attributed to this painter. Van Eijsden would appreciate any information that you can provide concerning the following works. E-mails can be sent to jochem.vaneijsden@ru.nl.

Signed and dated works

1. Balaam Strikes His Ass, 1672 (signed: B. Fabritius)
Panel, 49 x 40 cm
Last seen: Maurice Reims (25-05-1949)

 

2. Abraham and the Angels, 1666 (signed: B. Fabritius)
Canvas, 106 x 133 cm
Last seen: Galerie Kurt Mesner (1958)

 

3. Adoration of the Magi, 1664 (signed: B. Fabritius)
Panel, 44 x 58 cm
Last seen: Kunsthaus Lempertz (11 December 1959)

 

4. A Warrior, 1657/9 (signed: B. Fabritius)
Canvas, 64 x 59 cm
Last seen: Duveen Gallery (1938)

 

(Previously) attributed works

5. Melancholic Woman, ca. 1655-60
Canvas, 29 x 23 cm
Last seen: Danny Katz (1962)

 

6. Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity/Caritas Romana), ca. 1650-55
Panel, 36 x 27 cm
Last seen: Private collection (1925)

 

7. Sacrifice of Manoah (angel-fragment), ca. 1650-55
Panel, 26 x 24 cm
Last seen: Collection Adolphe Schloss (1990)
Note: WWII loot

 

8. Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1650-55
Canvas, 66 x 45 cm
Last seen: Christie’s London (14 June 1935)

 

9. John the Evangelist, ca. 1655
Canvas, 99 x 83 cm
Last seen: Sotheby’s London (8 July 1999)

 

10. Zipporah at the Inn, ca. 1650-55
Panel, 53 x 43 cm
Last seen: Sotheby’s London (1 April 1992)
Note: sold as “school of Rembrandt”

 

11. Young Man with Sword and Baret, ca. 1650
Canvas, 85 x 69 cm
Last seen: Art Dealer Robert Cook (1977), formerly in the William Hayes Ackland Memorial Center, Chapel Hill, N.E.