Wally Moes (Dutch, 1856-1918)
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Wally Moes (Dutch, 1856-1918)

A lady from Laren wearing her Sunday costume

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Wally Moes (Dutch, 1856-1918)
A lady from Laren wearing her Sunday costume
signed upper right Wally Moes
oil on panel, unframed
74.5 x 62 cm
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Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.

Lot Essay

The sitter is dressed in the Sunday wear of the village of Laren that was first worn around 1900. She wears silver oorijzers with gold mutsebellen (drops) underneath a so-called vierkante muts (square bonnet). The coral necklace with golden lock and the coral pendant with the gold cross are typical for the Sunday wear.
With this picture Wally Moes not only portrayed a middle-class lady, she also left us a historical document of the local dress worn in Laren around 1900.

We kindly thank Mr. J. van Aalst, associated with the Openlucht museum Arnhem, for his help in cataloguing the present lot

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