Attributed to Cornelis de Vos (1584-1651)

A Study for a Portrait of a Woman and her two Children standing by a Table on a Terrace

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Attributed to Cornelis de Vos (1584-1651)
A Study for a Portrait of a Woman and her two Children standing by a Table on a Terrace
black chalk, brown wash, heightened with white (partly oxidized), watermark posthorn
279 x 198 mm.

Literature

E. Schäffer, 'Van Dyck, des Meisters Gemälde', Klassiker der Kunst, Stuttgart Leipzig, 1909, 13, p. XXIV, illustrated (as Van Dyck).
G. Glck, 'Eine Zeichnung von Cornelis de Vos', in Rubens, Van Dyck und Ihr Kreis, Vienna, 1933, pp. 337-41, pl. 184.
W. Bernt, Die Niederländischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1980, V, no. 660, where erroneously described as in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille.

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Lot Essay

For the painting of Mathilde Lindemans and her children, done as a pendant to the portrait of her husband, Jan Bienens, Heer van Montfoort. Both were sold at Christie's, London, 1 June 1932, lot 27, now in the Los Angeles County Museum, Catalogue of Paintings, Los Angeles, 1954, II, no. 16, illustrated. The pictures are traditionally attributed to Cornelis de Vos, but Carl Depauw has kindly pointed out that Kathelijne van der Stighelen has tentatively suggested an alternative attribution to Peter Thys (1614-1678).

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