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THE PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION (lots 22, 46 & 54)
Circle of Michiel van Mierevelt (Delft 1567-1641)
Portrait of an old woman, half-length, in a black dress, a ruff and a lace headdress
Details
Circle of Michiel van Mierevelt (Delft 1567-1641)
Portrait of an old woman, half-length, in a black dress, a ruff and a lace headdress
inscribed and dated 'ÆTATIS. 62 A. 1640[?]' (upper right)
oil on panel
28¼ x 23¾ in. (71.7 x 60.3 cm.)
Portrait of an old woman, half-length, in a black dress, a ruff and a lace headdress
inscribed and dated 'ÆTATIS. 62 A. 1640[?]' (upper right)
oil on panel
28¼ x 23¾ in. (71.7 x 60.3 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh (1881-1944), Easton Neston House, Towcester, Northamptonshire, and by descent at Easton Neston Sale; Sotheby's, London, 17-19 May 2005, session II, lot 283 (£4,440).
Literature
Foster et al., Hon. Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh. The Inventory of the Contents of the Mansion Easton Neston House, Towcester, also certain China, Furniture and Cabinet Objects at 9 Montagu Square, London, removed by Lady Hesketh from Easton Neston House, MS, August 1910, Hesketh family archive, p. 15, as 'Dutch School, Head of an Old Woman', in the Small Drawing Room.
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