Lot Essay
The genrepainter Abraham Perdanis (1673-1744) was a pupil of Richard Brakenburgh, and worked mainly in Haarlem where Jelgersma was one of the most important portrait painters of his time
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Tako Hajo Jelgersma (1702-1795)
Portrait of Abraham Perdanus at his Easel holding a Glass, in an inscribed wooden frame
signed, dated and inscribed 'THJ [linked] del/Ao 1736/, fe ipse/pinxit/A:PERDANIS,/Schilder van Haerlem.'; pencil and watercolour, black ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark Pro Patria
203 x 161 mm.
Portrait of Abraham Perdanus at his Easel holding a Glass, in an inscribed wooden frame
signed, dated and inscribed 'THJ [linked] del/Ao 1736/, fe ipse/pinxit/A:PERDANIS,/Schilder van Haerlem.'; pencil and watercolour, black ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark Pro Patria
203 x 161 mm.
Provenance
with G. Meyer, Abbenbroek, 1983