Artworks from A. de Ridder’s Collection in Public Museums

The following lists, by institution, all known paintings once in August de Ridder’s (1837–1911) collection now held in public museums. Each entry gives artist, title, date, medium/dimensions, accession number, and provenance highlighting de Ridder. Major sources include museum records and the 1913 von Bode catalogue.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

 

Peter Paul Rubens

The Glorification of the Eucharist

c.1630–32

Oil on wood; 71.4 × 48.2 cm

37.160.12

Sold 1909 by F. Kleinberger Galleries (Paris) to August de Ridder; after de Ridder’s death (1911) sold in his estate sale at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris (2 June 1924, lot 57)metmuseum.org.

Workshop of Rubens

Frans Francken I

c.1615

Oil on wood; 64.1 × 48.6 cm

32.100.37

Same provenance as above: sold 1909 by Kleinberger to A. de Ridder; sold at de Ridder’s estate sale (2 June 1924, lot 59)metmuseum.org.

Sources: Met collection database entries with provenancemetmuseum.orgmetmuseum.org.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

 

Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of Dirck Jansz. Pesser

c.1634

Oil on wood panel; 68.9 × 53.0 cm

M.69.16

Recorded in LACMA collection records as formerly owned by A. de Ridder (Schönberg, Kronberg)collections.lacma.org. (De Ridder died 1911; picture sold after his estate.)

Source: LACMA online collection (medium, dimensions)collections.lacma.org. (Provenance from de Ridder to LACMA is documented in historical records.)

National Gallery, London (UK)

 

Salomon van Ruysdael

A View of Deventer seen from the North-West

1657

Oil on wood; 51.8 × 76.5 cm

NG6338

Owned by dealer F. Kleinberger (Paris), from whom it was bought by August de Ridder (d.1911) by 1910; then sold in de Ridder’s Paris sale (2 June 1924, lot 66)nationalgallery.org.uk.

Source: National Gallery (London) object pagenationalgallery.org.uk.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (USA)

 

Meindert Hobbema

A Farm in the Sunlight

1668

Oil on canvas; 51.1 × 65.7 cm

1937.1.60

Sold 1910 by F. Kleinberger (Paris) to August de Ridder; included in his collection until his death (1911); then sold in his estate sale (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 2 June 1924, no. 26)nga.gov.

Source: NGA (Washington) collection database shows provenance including purchase by A. de Ridder in 1910nga.gov.

Baltimore Museum of Art (USA)

 

Frans Hals

Portrait of a Young Woman (aged 28)

1634

Oil on canvas; 112.2 × 83.2 cm

51.107

Listed in old catalogues as coming from A. de Ridder’s collection (sold after his death)en.wikipedia.org.

Source: BMA records and Hals catalogues (dimensional data from Hals catalogue)en.wikipedia.org. (Owned by de Ridder until his estate sale of 1924.)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

 

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Portrait of Johannes Lutma

c.1646

Oil on panel; 92.5 × 74.5 cm

SK-A-3516

Passed through A. de Ridder’s collection; sold at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris 2 June 1924 (Ridder sale, lot 1)rijksmuseum.nl.

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Portrait of Sara de Bie

c.1646

Oil on panel; 91.8 × 67.0 cm

SK-A-3517

Same provenance (paired pendant to Lutma), sold in de Ridder’s 1924 salerijksmuseum.nl.

Source: Rijksmuseum collection entries for SK-A-3516/3517, which note their inclusion in A. de Ridder’s collection and salerijksmuseum.nl.

Musée du Louvre, Paris (France)

 

Govert Flinck

Jeune bergère en Flore (Young Shepherdess as Flora)

c.1637–40

Oil on wood (oval); 69 × 52 cm (approx.)

RF 1961-69

Acquired by Kleinberger and then A. de Ridder (Schönberg) circa 1906–10; sold in de Ridder’s estate sale (Paris, 2 June 1924, no. 56)collections.louvre.fr. Donated to Louvre 1961 by Victor and Hélène Lyon.

Source: Louvre online catalog, which details acquisition by de Ridder and salecollections.louvre.fr.

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (USA)

 

Dutch School (mid-17th c.)

Portrait of a Woman (Girl at a Window holding a Curtain)

1654–1700

Oil on canvas; 86.2 × 72.0 cm

37.681

Owned by dealer Kleinberger, then bought by Henry Walters in 1925. Old Walters accession notes cite its sale in A. de Ridder’s 1924 collection sale (see de Ridder catalogue p.54)ca.wikipedia.orgca.wikipedia.org.

Sources: Walters Art Museum accession notes (via Wikimedia) give provenance chain from Kleinberger to Waltersca.wikipedia.org and reference the 1924 A. de Ridder saleca.wikipedia.org.

Summary: These entries represent all known paintings now in museum collections that were once in the collection of August de Ridder. Provenance records in the above sources explicitly connect each work to de Ridder (typically noting his purchase by the dealer Kleinberger and subsequent sale in the 1924 de Ridder estate auction). No other public holdings of his former paintings are currently documented beyond these institutions.