Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor Werner Sumowski for confirming the attribution on the basis of a black and white photograph. He believes it to be a painting of quality, dating from the late 1630s.
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Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a black dress with a ruff, and a white head-dress
Details
Govaert Flinck (Cleves 1615-1660 Amsterdam)
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a black dress with a ruff, and a white head-dress
with inscription 'Æ.51' (upper left)
oil on canvas
26½ x 22½ in. (67.3 x 57.1 cm.)
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a black dress with a ruff, and a white head-dress
with inscription 'Æ.51' (upper left)
oil on canvas
26½ x 22½ in. (67.3 x 57.1 cm.)
Provenance
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
Literature
J.W. von Moltke, Govaert Flinck, Amsterdam, 1965, p. 141, no. 365, illustrated, accepted in full on the basis of photographs.