The Dentist
Artist
Jan Miense Molenaer
Dutch, 1610/1611–1668
Date1629
MediumOil on cradled panel
Dimensions23 1/8 x 31 9/16 in. (58.7 x 80.2 cm)
Frame: 34 1/8 x 42 5/8 in. (86.7 x 108.3 cm)
Frame: 34 1/8 x 42 5/8 in. (86.7 x 108.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 1952, and dedicated to Dennis Weller, Curator of Northern European Art (1995-2018) by the NCMA Board of Trustees, 2023
Object number52.9.50
On View
On viewProvenanceCreated Haarlem, Netherlands, 1629. G. M. Worthington, Dysons Wood, Kidmore End, England; [Christie’s, London, July 23, 1948, no. 36, as Judith Leyster]; Bernard. [Mortimer Brandt Gallery New York]; sold to NCMA, 1952.
Published ReferencesCatalogue of Old Pictures (auction catalogue) (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., July 23, 1948), lot 36, as Judith Leyster.
W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 59 (as Peasant Having a Tooth Extracted).
William R. Valentiner, "The Raleigh Museum's First 220 Paintings: Notes on the Collection," Art News 55, no. 2 (April 1956), 49, illus.
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 216, no. 9 (May 1971), 1407, illus. cover.
Desmos of Delta Sigma Delta 82, no. 4 (Autumn, November 1976), 8, illus. cover.
Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 98 (as Young Man Having a Tooth Extracted).
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 91.
Daryl K. Fischer, New Frontiers in Touring Techniques: A Handbook of the 1991 National Docent Symposium. Presented in Denver, Colorado, October 6-9, 1991 (Denver: Denver Art Museum, 1991), illus. 39.
Rüdiger Klessman, Die holländischen Gemälde (Braunschweig: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, 1982), 140-41.
Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1986), briefly discussed 8, illus. (b-w) 8, fig. 6.
Frima Fox Hofrichter, Judith Leyster: A Woman Painter in Holland's Golden Age (Doornspijk: Davaco, 1989), 76, illus. fig. 121 (as The Tooth Extraction).
Cynthia Kortenhorst-von Bogendorf Rupprath, Judith Leyster: A Dutch Master and Her World (Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 1993), 147, 289, illus. 147.
Chuck Twardy, "Dutch Gold Sees the Light Again," Raleigh: The News and Observer (February 9, 1996, "What's Up" insert), 21.
Dennis Weller, entry for The Dentist, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 104, illus. (color).
Dennis P. Weller, Jan Miense Molenaer: Painter of the Dutch Golden Age (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, 2002), cat. no. 4, illus. (color).
Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (January/February 2002), illus. (color detail) 9.
Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (September/October 2002), illus. (color/x-ray composite) 15.
Joanna Kikissis, "New respect for an old master," Raleigh: The News and Observer (October 13, 2002), 3G, illus. (color) 1G.
Max Halperen, "Dutch treats," Raleigh: The News and Observer (October 13, 2002), 10G.
Stefan Weppelmann, "Ausstellungen: Jan Miense Molenaer, Painter of the Dutch Golden Age," (exhibition review) Kunstchronik (May 2004), 231.
Diederik Bakhuÿs. et al, Tableaux flamands et hollandais du musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen (Paris and Rouen: Fondation Custodia and Musée de Beaux-Art, Rouen, 2009), mentioned 122.
Dennis P. Weller, Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings [Systematic Catalogue of the Collection] (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2009), cat. no. 29, illus. (color) 129.
Dennis P. Weller, entry for The Dentist, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 216, illus. (color) 217.
Eva J. Allen, “An Early Jan Miense Molenaer in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest,” in Bulletin: Du Musée Hongrois des Beaux Arts (Budapest) (2011/114–115), discussed 91–93, illus. (color) 91, fig. 17.
Emilia Phillips, "Extraction" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 94.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt," October 25, 1986-February 15, 1987, briefly discussed 8, illus. (b-w) 8, fig. 6.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Face to Face with the Dutch Golden Age," December 20, 1995-May 26, 1996.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Jan Miense Molenaer: Painter of the Dutch Golden Age," October 13, 2002-January 5, 2003; Columbus, IN, Indianapolis Museum of Art (Columbus Gallery), January 25-March 16, 2003; Manchester, NH, The Currier Museum of Art, April 5-June 16, 2003, cat. no. 4, illus. (color).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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