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Eastman Johnson (1824-1906)

Portrait of Prof. Dr. W. Hendricksz, standing three quarter length, wearing a black suit and leaning on a table by a curtain

signed and dated E. Johnson Jan. 1853, oil on canvas
152 x 113 cm
Provenance
Mrs. Katia Bootz - von Beckendorff, France

Lot Essay

This portrait is of a distinguished professor, surgeon and royal oculist to King William III of Holland. Eastman Johnson worked in The Hague between 1851 en 1855. Prior to his return to America, in October 1855, he was asked to remain as a court painter, but he refused

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