Portrait of an elegant lady, three-quarter-length, in a white satin dress by a fountain

Details

Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)
Portrait of an elegant lady, three-quarter-length, in a white satin dress by a fountain
oil on canvas
65.8 x 54.2 cm.

Exhibited

New York, Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New Masters of Old Holland, New York, March-April 1941, no. 12, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dr. León Krempel for confirming the attribution to Nicolaes Maes on the basis of a photograph (written communication, 14 March 2007). He dates the portrait to Nicolaes Maes' late period, around 1685/90.

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