Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck

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Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck

A double portrait of a gentleman and his wife, standing full lengths on a terrace by an open gate, the man wearing black costume, lace collar and cuffs, holding a hat, the woman wearing a black dress with lace collar and cuffs, holding a fan, her left hand pointing to a formal garden beyond

dated: Ao. 1637
189 x 230 cm

Provenance

Emanuel Streckeisen (1743-1826), who worked in Holland as a young man and is later recorded in Amsterdam in 1799, after he had acquired Ramsteiner Hof, Basle, where he is known to have entertained many eminent visitors of the city
thence by descent to the present owner

Lot Essay

The sitters might be identified as Mr Arnaud Beaumont (1605-1678) and his first wife Johanna Beaumont, née Lindeman, on the basis of comparison with the portrait of Arnaud Beaumont, aged 56, and dated 1661, in the collection of Graaf van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Wassenaar

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