Sebastiaan Mutsardt (died 1694) Portrait of Jacob van de Graaff (1617-1695), half length, wearing dark costume and lace collar, holding a letter; and Portrait of his wife Elisabeth van de Graaff, neé van Druenen (died 1686), half length, wearing a dark dress, white chemise and pearls 71 x 58.4 cm a pair (2)

THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE M. BARONESS VAN HARINXMA THOE SLOOTEN-SCHEIDIUS 'DE MENTHENBERG', ARNHEM

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Sebastiaan Mutsardt (died 1694) Portrait of Jacob van de Graaff (1617-1695), half length, wearing dark costume and lace collar, holding a letter; and Portrait of his wife Elisabeth van de Graaff, neé van Druenen (died 1686), half length, wearing a dark dress, white chemise and pearls 71 x 58.4 cm a pair (2)

Provenance

By descent to Maria van de Graaff, who married Everhard Scheidius (1799-1870) the great grandfather of the vendor

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VARIOUS PROPERTIES

Lot Essay

The sitters have been identified by the Stichting Iconografisch Bureau, whose help is here gratefully acknowledged.

Jacob van de Graaff was the son of the notary Sebastiaen Adriaensz. van de Graaff and Agneta Cornelisdr. Baex. He married on 24 september 1640 in Dordrecht, where he was a tradesman and member of the City Council

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