Live Auction 2229Old Master Pictures
Lot 93

Boekhart (first half 18th Century)

Closed11 May 1994

Price Realised

NLG 8,625

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Boekhart (first half 18th Century)

Portrait of Adriaan Wittert (1692-1748), half length, wearing a green silk costume, a yellow silk waistcoat and a red silk wrap; and a Portrait of Theodora Cornelia Elisabeth Wittert, née Schade van Westrum van Dompselaer (1710-1782), seated half length, wearing a blue embroidered silk dress and a rose silk wrap, by a draped curtain

oil on canvas, ovals
90.5 x 70.5 and 89 x 70 cm
a pair (2)

By descent to Jhr.Mr A.Th.J. Schade van Westrum, Bois-le-Duc, thence by descent to the present owner

Specialist note

Adriaan Wittert, Heer van Hoogland, Emiclaer and Schonauwen, married Theodora Cornelia Elisabeth Schade van Westrum, daughter of Arnold Franciscus Schade van Westrum and Catharina Maria de Wijs, in 1737 after the death of his first wife Maria Gerarda van Wedenbrugge.

The identity of the artist Boekhart remains unknown. It was Moes followed by Thieme Becker who thus attributed these portraits