Portrait of Jean Malapert (+ 1636), Seigneur du Bois de Buissiéres, standing three quarter length, wearing black costume with molenkraag and lace cuffs, holding a pair of gloves in his left hand; and Portrait of Marie Malapert, née de Guise (+ 1634), standing three quarter length, wearing a black dress with molenkraag, a golden chain, lace cuffs and bonnet, holding a pair of gloves in her right hand

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Portrait of Jean Malapert (+ 1636), Seigneur du Bois de Buissiéres, standing three quarter length, wearing black costume with molenkraag and lace cuffs, holding a pair of gloves in his left hand; and Portrait of Marie Malapert, née de Guise (+ 1634), standing three quarter length, wearing a black dress with molenkraag, a golden chain, lace cuffs and bonnet, holding a pair of gloves in her right hand
The first inscribed with the coat-of-arms of the Malapert family upper right; The second inscribed with the coat-of-arms of the Malapert-De Guise family and with the date AEtatis suae/ANo 1621 upper right
oil on canvas a pair
113 x 80.2 cm and smaller (2)

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

Lot Essay

The sitters lived in Bergen (Mons), Belgium were he founded la maison des Ursulines de Mons.
We are grateful to E.J. Wolleswinkel of the Ikonografisch Bureau, The Hague, for his help in cataloguing this lot.

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