JACOB FRANZ VAN DER MERCK (attr. a) Lot n° 87

(S-Gravendeel, 1610 - 1664) Gallant scene Oil on panel, 38.5X29.5 cm Provenance: Vienna, Dorotheum, March 24, 2004, lot 404 (as Pieter Jansz Quast) Stockholm, Bukowski, May 26, 2003, lot 415 (as attributed to Jacob Franz Van Der Merck) Private collection Bibliography: RKD: https://rkd.nl/images/102549 (as attributed to Jacob Franz Van Der Merck) Jacob Frans van der Merck was apprenticed in Delft and later worked in The Hague and Leiden producing works in various genres, including portraits, still lifes and genre scenes. According to records van der Merck was a member of the Dordrecht guild of painters from 1640 to 1649.