Jan LIEVENS (1607-1674)
 

THE RAISING OF LAZARUS, 1631
Monogrammed and dated on parapet: IL/1631
Oil on canvas, 107 x 114 cm
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Exhibited
London, The British Institution, 1852, no. 30.
London, The British Institution, 1867, no. 123.
London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition, 1871. no. 17.
London, Royal Academy, Dutch Art, 1929, no. 170.
London, Royal Academy, Dutch Pictures 1450-1700, 1952-1953, 
no. 76.
London, Royal Academy, Primitives to Picasso, 1962, no.127.
Chicago, Art Institute, Philadelphia, Art Museum, Rebrandt's Tercentenary, 1969-1970.
London, National Gallery, 1976.
Birmingham, City Museum and Art Gallery, Dutch Painting in the Seventeenth Century, 1989,  cat. 22.
Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Masterpiece in Focus, 1991.
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria and Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, Rembrandt: A Genius and His Impact, 1997-1998, cat. 37.
Amsterdam, Rembrandt House, Rembrandt's Treasures, 1999, cat. 23.

Literature
Schneider, H, Jan Lievens, Sein Leben und Seine Werke, Haarlem, 1932, no. 31.
Sumowski, Gemalde der Rembrandt-Schuler, vol. III, 1987, pp. 1781-2, no. 1193 (with earlier  literature).
Wright, C., Dutch Paintings in the Seventeenth Century, 1989, cat. 22.
Royalton-Kisch 1991, 'Rembrandt's Drawing of The Entombment of Christ over The Raising  of Lazarus', Master Drawings, vol. 29, no. 3, p. 271.
Los Angeles 1991-92, p. 14.
Royalton-Kisch 1992, Drawings by Rembrandt and his Circle in the British Museum (exh.  cat.), p.62.
Blankert, A., Rembrandt: A Genius and His Impact, Melbourne, 1997, cat. 37.
Schama, S., Rembrandt's Eyes, New York, 1999, p.260.

Provenance
(Possibly) Rembrandt van Rijn (25 July 1656 inventory, no. 38: 'Een opwecking Laseri van Jan Lievensz').
Jan Jacobs Hinlopen (where mentioned by the poet Jan Vos), 1662, sale.
van Kretschmar, Amsterdam, 27 March 1757, lot 32, to Lintelo.
Sale, J. Knowles, London Christie's, 15 April 1842, lot 113.
J. Sindey North, London; Baroness North, London, 1871.
Sale, Sir George Buller, London Christie's, 7 June 1884, lot 98.
The gift of Henry Willett, 1903.