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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE SAMUEL JOHN COUNT VAN LIMBURG STIRUM The majority of the following 16 lots have not been on the market since at least the beginning of the 19th Century. They were collected by Willem Borski (see for his portrait as a child lot 87) for the mansion Elswoud near Overveen. They were inhereted by his son Willem Borski Junior (1799-1881), and came successively to Johanna Jacoba van der Vliet, née Borski (1828-1812), to Mathilda Wilhelmine Johanna Jacoba van Luden née van der Vliet (1857-?); thence by descent to Marie Louise van Limburg Stirum née van Luden (1887-1962) who was the mother of the late owner.

Martinus Houtman I (1746-1819)

Portrait of Willem Borski (1765-1814), standing full length by a draped column on a terrace, dressed in white, holding a wip, a rocking horse at his side

Details

Martinus Houtman I (1746-1819)
Portrait of Willem Borski (1765-1814), standing full length by a draped column on a terrace, dressed in white, holding a wip, a rocking horse at his side
signed and dated M:Houtman Fecit.1767 lower right
oil on canvas
90.3 x 67.4 cm

Literature

'De weg dien vele oude portretten gingen' in De Nederlandse Leeuw, 1942, LX, p.154.

Special notice

The buyer's premium is 28.125% of the hammer price up to value of NLG 200,000 plus 19.2% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000

Lot Essay

The sitter, here depicted at the age of two, was the son of David Borski (1722-1768) and Elisabeth Borski née van Veen (1724-1762). David's grandfather Herman Berendsz. Borski (circa 1640-1684) had come from Beeckum in Westphalia to Utrecht where he became a distiller. Willem's father, David moved the business to Amsterdam and expanded it to general trade and commoditie. As the business was very succesful, the Elswoud estate was acquired.

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