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Portrait of a gentleman, aged 74, seated small half length in a library, wearing a brown jacket, lace shirt and wig, holding a coin in his right hand; and Portrait of a lady, aged 61, seated small half length at a desk, wearing a pink dress with white wrap and lace bonnet
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Circle of Willem Bartel van der Kooi (1768-1836)
Portrait of a gentleman, aged 74, seated small half length in a library, wearing a brown jacket, lace shirt and wig, holding a coin in his right hand; and Portrait of a lady, aged 61, seated small half length at a desk, wearing a pink dress with white wrap and lace bonnet
the first inscribed AET.74/ANNO MDCCXIV on the books; the second inscribed and dated age96 lower centre and inscribed L'hymen et L'amitie on the document
oil on unlined canvas, oval a pair
77.9 x 58.2 cm and smaller
Portrait of a gentleman, aged 74, seated small half length in a library, wearing a brown jacket, lace shirt and wig, holding a coin in his right hand; and Portrait of a lady, aged 61, seated small half length at a desk, wearing a pink dress with white wrap and lace bonnet
the first inscribed AET.74/ANNO MDCCXIV on the books; the second inscribed and dated age96 lower centre and inscribed L'hymen et L'amitie on the document
oil on unlined canvas, oval a pair
77.9 x 58.2 cm and smaller
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