Lot Essay
For further information on the sitters, see C.W. Fork (loc. cit.). Petronella Dunois owned a notable dollhouse which is preserved in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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NICOLAES MAES* (1634-1693)
Portrait of Petronella Dunois, seated small three-quarter length, wearing a blue dress and an orange shawl, holding an apple blossom, leaning again a plinth in a landscape; and Portrait of Pieter van Groenendijk, standing small three-quarter length, wearing a brown coat and white lace shirt, draped in a red cloak, leaning against a column in a landscape
both signed 'MAES' (the man somewhat abraded)--oil on canvas
27¼ x 22¾in. (69.2 x 57.8cm.) A Pair (2)
Portrait of Petronella Dunois, seated small three-quarter length, wearing a blue dress and an orange shawl, holding an apple blossom, leaning again a plinth in a landscape; and Portrait of Pieter van Groenendijk, standing small three-quarter length, wearing a brown coat and white lace shirt, draped in a red cloak, leaning against a column in a landscape
both signed 'MAES' (the man somewhat abraded)--oil on canvas
27¼ x 22¾in. (69.2 x 57.8cm.) A Pair (2)
Provenance
Perry Belmont; sale, American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, New York, Oct. 21-22, 1932, lot 320, inscribed on the reverse 'Pieter van Groenedyck, getrouwt met Petronella du Nois, zoon van Ripperd van Groenedyk en Glandina van Oudewater', and lot 132, inscribed 'Petronella du Nois, getrouwt met Pieter van Groenedyck, dogter van Pieter du Nois en Catherine Splinter
Literature
C.W. Fock, Het poppenhuis van Petronella Dunois, Bullentin van het Rijksmuseum, 1968, no. 3 p. 132, figs. 2 and 3