Constantijn Netscher (1668-1723)

Portrait of Henriette Bentinck (1705-1792), later Countess of Clan Brassill, standing small three-quarter length, on a terrace, wearing a yellow silk dress, lace chemise and red wrap, holding a biscuit in her right hand, her left hand resting on her pet d

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Constantijn Netscher (1668-1723)
Portrait of Henriette Bentinck (1705-1792), later Countess of Clan Brassill, standing small three-quarter length, on a terrace, wearing a yellow silk dress, lace chemise and red wrap, holding a biscuit in her right hand, her left hand resting on her pet dog, a landscape beyond; and Portrait of Willem Bentinck (1704-1774), Heer van Rhoon, Pendrecht and Terrington, Norfolk, standing small three-quarter length on a terrace, wearing a blue velvet costume, lace chemise and orange silk wrap, a landscape beyond, leaning with his left hand on a pedestal nearby
signed (strengthened) and dated (strengthened) lower right Const. Netscher.1715; the second indistinctly signed and dated lower right Const..:Netscher./1715 and with inscription identifying the sitter on the reverse of the unlined canvas
oil on unlined canvas, ovals
52 x 42.7 cm
in Louis XII style frames, with flower-heads and scrolling foliage on a textures ground at centres, flanked by plain reposes, foliate ogee moulding at the sight edges (2)

Lot Essay

The sitters were the son and daughter of Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, who accompanied William, Prince of Orange, to England in 1670 and who later fought at the Battle of the Boyne. In 1700 he married Jane Martha Temple, Countess of Portland, with whom he had four children. A portrait of their eldest daughter, Sophia Bentinck (born 1701), later Duchess of Kent, by Constantijn Netscher, also signed and dated 1715 and of the same dimensions as the present lot, was with H. Nijstad, Amsterdam (year unknown, photograph of the Iconografisch Bureau).
We are grateful to K. Schaffers of the Iconografisch Bureau, The Hague, for her help in cataloguing this lot.

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