Dirck van Baburen (Utrecht circa 1590-1624) Granida oil on canvas laid down on board, a fragment 122.8 x 78.1cm (48 3/8 x 30 3/4in). unframed Footnotes: Provenance Probably the painting listed as being in the collection of Jhr. Peter van Hardenbroeck, Utrecht, 1 May 1656 With Arnold-Livie, Munich Sale, Christie's, London, 4 February 1977, lot 79 Collection of T.P. Grange, London, 1977 Sale, Christie's, London, 25 April 2001, lot 53 Literature L.J. Slatkes, Dirck van Baburen (c. 1595-1624): a Dutch painter in Utrecht and Rome, Utrecht, 1965, A.24, ill, fig. 28 B. Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, Oxford 1979, p.17, no 3a, fig. 18 B. Nicholson, Caravaggism in Europe, Turin, 1990, vol. I, p. 53 W. Franits, The paintings of Dirck van Baburen (ca. 1592/93-1624) : catalogue raisonné, Amsterdam, 2013, A31/A2 The present work is one of two surviving fragments from what is considered to be the artist's primary treatment of Granida and Daifilo. The fragment depicting Daifilo (62.2 x 43.2cm) was formerly with E.V Thaw & Co, New York. A larger version of the complete composition, formerly in the J.E Safra collection, was offered at Sotheby's, New York on 29 January 2020, lot 46 and sold for $1,040,000. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com