Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. León Krempel for confirming the attribution to Nicolaes Maes from a color transparency (written communication, 9 December 2004).
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Portrait of lady, three-quarter-length, in a satin dress with a red shawl, by a fountain
Details
Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1632-1693 Amsterdam)
Portrait of lady, three-quarter-length, in a satin dress with a red shawl, by a fountain
signed and dated 'MAES. 1664' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32½ x 26 7/8 in. (82.6 x 68.3 cm.)
Portrait of lady, three-quarter-length, in a satin dress with a red shawl, by a fountain
signed and dated 'MAES. 1664' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32½ x 26 7/8 in. (82.6 x 68.3 cm.)
Provenance
Sir George Chetwynd, Bart.; Christie's, London, 16 December 1911, lot 127 (£102.10 to Colnaghi).
with Colnaghi, London.
E.R. Wood, Canada.
with Colnaghi, London.
E.R. Wood, Canada.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., VI, 1908, p. 591, no. 522.
W.R. Valentiner, Nicolaes Maes, Berlin and Leipzig, 1924, p. 57, illustrated.
W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, New York, 1979, VIII, p. 4000.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt Schüler, Landau and Pfalz, 1983, 3, p. 2029, under no. 1401.
L. Krempel, Nicolaes Maes, Petersberg, 2000, p. 338, no. B 33, no. 360, illustrated.
W.R. Valentiner, Nicolaes Maes, Berlin and Leipzig, 1924, p. 57, illustrated.
W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, New York, 1979, VIII, p. 4000.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt Schüler, Landau and Pfalz, 1983, 3, p. 2029, under no. 1401.
L. Krempel, Nicolaes Maes, Petersberg, 2000, p. 338, no. B 33, no. 360, illustrated.
Exhibited
Toronto, Ontario, The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1920, lent by Mrs. E.R.
Wood.
Wood.