ARIE DE VOIS (Utrecht 1630/5-1680 Leiden)

Portrait of a lady, small bust-length, in a blue dress with a yellow border

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ARIE DE VOIS (Utrecht 1630/5-1680 Leiden)
Portrait of a lady, small bust-length, in a blue dress with a yellow border
oil on copper, oval
4 3/8 x 3½ in. (11 x 8.9 cm.)

Provenance

Prince Alfonson Hohenloe, El Quexigal, Spain.
The Duchess of Parcent, by whom probably purchased before the First World War, and from 1928 at El Quexigal, near Madrid. The house and its contents were given by her to her daughter Maria de la Piedad on her marriage to Prince Max von Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Sold by the Hohenlohe Family, Sotheby's (on the premises), 25 May 1979, lot 48, as Adriaen van der Werff (Ptas. 130,000).

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Please note the following additional provenance:
The Duchess of Parcent, by whom probably purchased before the First World War, and from 1928 at El Quexigal, near Madrid. The house and its contents were given by her to her daughter Maria de la Piedad on her marriage to Prince Max von Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Sold by the Hohenlohe Family, Sotheby's (on the premises), 25 May 1979, lot 48, as Adriaen van der Werff (Ptas. 130,000).

Lot Essay

Arie de Vois trained first in Utrecht under Nicolaus Knupfer (c. 1603-1655), who also taught Jan Steen, and then with Abraham van den Tempel in Leiden, where he was deeply influenced by the Fijnschilders (or 'Fine' painters) such as Gerrit Dou and his pupil Frans van Mieris the Elder. The influence of their works -- small, minutely detailed paintings executed with a highly polished style -- can be seen in the present portrait.

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