St. Matthew and the Angel

ArtistAttributed to Karel van der Pluym Dutch, 1625–1672

Datecirca 1655–1660

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions42 x 42 1/2 in. (106.7 x 108 cm)
Frame: 52 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (133.3 x 133.3 x 11.1 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina and Public Subscription, in memory of W. R. Valentiner

Object number59.35.1

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ProvenanceCreated Netherlands, ca. 1655–1660. Possibly William Lock (1732–1810), Norbury Park, Surrey, England; [Christie’s, London, March 5, 1803, as Rembrandt]; Philippe Joseph Tassaert (1732–1803), London; [Christie’s, London, November 29, 1803, no. 92]; James Akers, London and West Indies; [sale, George Stanley, London, April 21–22, 1815, no. 51, bought in]; [George Stanley, London, March 19, 1816, no. 160, bought in?]. Charles Kennedy (1875–1956), 5th Marquess of Ailsa, Ayrshire, Scotland; [Sotheby’s, London, May 14, 1958, no. 44, as Karel Fabritius]; [Edward Speelman, London]; sold to NCMA, 1959.Published ReferencesFine Old Master Drawings and Paintings (auction catalogue) (London: Sotheby & Co., May 14, 1958), lot no. 44, as St. Matthew Writing the Gospel by Karel Fabritius.

North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 3 (1959), illus. (b-w) cover

Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1959), cat. no. 83 (as by Carel Fabritius), illus. (b-w) 149, fig. 83.

The Art Quarterly 23, no. 1 (Spring, 1960), 90, illus. 98.

Oud Holland 74, no. 1 (1964), 42, note no. 93.

Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1970), 54, illus (color) 55 (as by Carel Fabritius).

Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Vol. 4, text by Ch. Paudiss-Anonyme (Landau/Pfalz: Pfälzische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 1983), 2959, illus. (color) 3031, as Rembrandt-School.

Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1986), briefly discussed 5.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 95.

John Ingamells, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Pictures IV: Dutch and Flemish (London: The Trustees of the Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, 1992), 93, 95.

Julie Suk, "St. Matthew and the Angel," in The Store of Joys, Huston Paschal, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1997), 20-21, illus. (color) 20.

Jonathan Bikker, Willem Drost (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005), cat. no. R6, discussed 138-39, illus. (b-w) 139.

Dennis P. Weller, “Seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish Paintings in Raleigh,” Codart (Winter 2009), mentioned 12.

Dennis P. Weller, Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings [Systematic Catalogue of the Collection] (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2009), cat. no. 35, illus. (color) 163.

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958," April 6-May 7, 1959, cat. no. 83 (as by Carel Fabritius), illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection," October 1970, 54, illus. (color) 55 (as by Carel Fabritius).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt," October 25, 1986-February 15, 1987, briefly discussed, 5.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Dutch Biblical Paintings/Rembrandt Etchings," October 13, 2002-January 5, 2003.

Chapel Hill, NC, Ackland Art Museum, long-term loan to be displayed with the permanent collection, May 29, 2007–August 2009. Object Rights Statement

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