Looking for Paintings by Jacobus Vrel In the Fall of 2020, the first retrospective exhibition of Jacobus Vrel (active 1650-1670) will open at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich (12 October 2020 – 10 January 2021), and travel to the Fondation Custodia in Paris (29 January – 18 April 2021) and the Mauritshuis in The Hague (20 May – 29 August 2021). The three organizers are preparing a catalogue raisonné of the oeuvre of this enigmatic painter and searching for the whereabouts of a number of paintings. We would therefore greatly appreciate any information that you can provide on paintings or drawings by the artist, especially concerning the following missing works: Street Scene, panel, 33.5 × 26.5 cm Formerly with Charles Roelofsz Gallery, Amsterdam, 1988 A Weavers Workshop, panel, 61 × 46.5 cm Sold in London (Phillips), 19 April 1994, lot 201 Street Scene with Couple in Conversation, panel, 38.2 × 31.9 cm Sold in Amsterdam (Christie’s), 1 September 2004, lot 32(not identical with painting sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 30 January 2019, lot 31) Kitchen Interior, panel, 54.5 × 41.5 cm Signed J. FrelSold in Vienna (Kende), 14-17 May 1935, lot 744, last seen in Vienna, Sammlung Mautner-Markhof, 1962
Looking for Paintings by Jacobus Vrel In the Fall of 2020, the first retrospective exhibition of Jacobus Vrel (active 1650-1670) will open at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich (12 October 2020 – 10 January 2021), and travel to the Fondation Custodia in Paris (29 January – 18 April 2021) and the Mauritshuis in The Hague (20 May – 29 August 2021). The three organizers are preparing a catalogue raisonné of the oeuvre of this enigmatic painter and searching for the whereabouts of a number of paintings. We would therefore greatly appreciate any information that you can provide on paintings or drawings by the artist, especially concerning the following missing works: Street Scene, panel, 33.5 × 26.5 cm Formerly with Charles Roelofsz Gallery, Amsterdam, 1988 A Weavers Workshop, panel, 61 × 46.5 cm Sold in London (Phillips), 19 April 1994, lot 201 Street Scene with Couple in Conversation, panel, 38.2 × 31.9 cm Sold in Amsterdam (Christie’s), 1 September 2004, lot 32(not identical with painting sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 30 January 2019, lot 31) Kitchen Interior, panel, 54.5 × 41.5 cm Signed J. FrelSold in Vienna (Kende), 14-17 May 1935, lot 744, last seen in Vienna, Sammlung Mautner-Markhof, 1962