The Lithographer

Theo Mesker (1853 - 1894), 1872

oil on canvas, 45 cm x 34.5 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Object number
s0496M1992
Dimensions
45 cm x 34.5 cm, 71 cm x 61.5 cm
Provenance
Sold by the artist to Edward Jacobson, The Hague for NLG 125 during the exhibition in The Hague, Teeken-Academie ’s-Gravenhage (Tentoonstelling van kunstwerken van levende meesters), cat. 220 (De lithograaf), 1872; auction Paris, C.P. Durand-Ruel at Hôtel Drouot (Catalogue des Tableaux Modernes composant la Collection Ed. Jacobson), lot 58 (Jeune artiste dans son atelier, dessinant sur une pierre lithographique), purchased by H.G. Tersteeg, The Hague for FRF 120, 28-29 April 1876; consigned by H.G. Tersteeg to auction The Hague, Boussod, Valadon & Cie (Collection H.G. Tersteeg: tableaux, aquarelles et dessins ancines et modernes, bronzes, objects d’art, porcelaines, faïences, livre d’art, estampes, eaux-fortes), lot 48 (Lithographe dans son atelier), purchased by Abraham Preyer, The Hague for FRF 130, 19 May 1914; consigned by Abraham Preyer to auction The Hague, Kunstzaal Kleykamp (Belangrijke Veiling Moderne Schilderijen Verzameling A. Preyer 1e deel), lot 77 (In ’t Atelier) purchased by C.F. Roos, Amsterdam for NLG 130, 5 March 1918; consigned by C.F. Roos to auction Amsterdam, C.F. Roos & Co (Gekleurd en blauw Delftsch Chineesch en Japansch Porselein (…) Oude en Moderne schilderijen), lot 674 (De kunstschilder), unsold, 17 April 1918; consigned by C.F. Roos to auction Amsterdam, C.F. Roos & Co (deftigen inboedel afkomstig van wijle mevr. de wed. C. van Goor(…)), lot 178 (De etser), 19-20 November 1918; auction Amsterdam, Christie’s (19th Century European and Indonesian Pictures, Watercolours and Drawings), lot 19 (The lithographer), purchased by the Stichting Vrienden van het Van Gogh Museum (Friends of the Van Gogh Museum Foundation) for NLG 8.970, 28 October 1992; donated by the Stichting Vrienden van het Van Gogh Museum to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, on that day, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Theo Mesker
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Het feest van de lithografie, 24 October 1998-10 January 1999

Tentoonstelling van kunstwerken van levende meesters, 1872, p. 30

19th century european and indonesian pictures, watercolours and drawings, 1992, p. 13

Bodt, Saskia de, Leeman, Fred, Leeuw, Ronald de, Pennock, Hanna, Museum Mesdag : catalogue of paintings and drawings, 1996, p. 327-328

Van Gogh Museum : jaarverslag 1992, 1993, p. 8-10

Leeuw, Ronald de, Tilborgh, Louis van, Esner, Rachel, Becker, Edwin, Heugten, Sjraar van, Leeman, Fred, Vriend, Anita, Van Gogh Museum Journal 1995, 1995, p. 193

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