Portrait of two girls, traditionally identified as the daughters of Juan de las Roelas (1558/60-1625), full-length, with a spaniel

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Circle of Francisco de Zurbarán (Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz 1598-1664 Madrid)
Portrait of two girls, traditionally identified as the daughters of Juan de las Roelas (1558/60-1625), full-length, with a spaniel
oil on canvas
55 ¾ x 38 7/8 in. (141.6 x 98.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Ehrich Galleries, New York, in 1916, as Zurbarán.
Elizabeth Mills Reid (1858-1931), widow of Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912), publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, 451 Madison Avenue, New York, 1928.

Literature

'Exhibitions at New York Galleries', Fine Arts Journal, XXXIV, no. 3, March 1916, p. 145, as Zurbarán.
J. Cáscales y Muñuz, Francisco de Zurbaran: His Epoch, His Life and His Works, translated by N.S. Evans, New York, 1918, p. 87, as Zurbarán.
'Spanish Paintings from El Greco to Goya', Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, XXIII, 2, February 1928, section 1, p. 39, as Zurbarán.

Exhibited

New York, Metropolitan Museum, Catalogue of an exhibition of Spanish paintings: from El Greco to Goya, 17 February-1 April 1928, no. 65, as Zurbarán.
Worcester Art Museum (according to a label on the reverse).

Lot Essay

The two girls depicted in this portrait were traditionally held to be the daughters of Juan de las Roelas, one of the foremost Spanish painters of the early 17th century. He is considered to have introduced the spirit of the early Baroque into painting in Seville and his works were highly sought-after in his own time.

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