Attributed to THOMAS DE KEYSER (c.1596-1667)

Details
Attributed to THOMAS DE KEYSER (c.1596-1667)

Portrait of a Lady, aged 40, seated half length, wearing a black dress with gold trim, a white ruff, white lace cuffs and a white lace bonnet, holding a black sash, in a painted niche

inscribed with the age of the sitter and dated 'AETATIS [AE linked] SVA/40./A 1626.'--oil on panel
20 1/8 x 15¼in. (51.1 x 38.7cm.)
Provenance
N.J.W Smallenburg van Stellendam, La Haye; sale, Frederik Muller et Cie, Amsterdam, May 6, 1913, lot 40, illustrated, as attributed to Hals
H. Pietri; sale, Frederick Muller et Cie, Amsterdam, Nov. 30, 1926, as F. Hals
Exhibited
Haarlem, Portraits de Frans Hals, 1967 (8?), no. 44 (46?)