Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798)

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Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798)

A Group Portrait of the Regents of the Orphanage in Haarlem (L. 37)
mixed method drawing imitation, after Jan de Bray, 1777-86,
the artist's coat of arms, signed, dated and inscribed on the reverse Geoffreerd aan mijne Waardste vriendin/Mevrouwe de WelEdgen. Heer/den Heer de M. Gerard de Man/geboore Elisabeth van Woensel/Ploos van Amstel/J.C./1791/18/19 Octob. 1791/Salomon de Bray del./Ploos van Amstel Jacob Cornelisz. Fecit 1786
22.3 x 29.5 cm

and a similar print, printed in colours, of a portrait of a man after Jan de Bray (L.9), with the artist's coat of arms and inscription on the reverse and Pouret van den Kunstschilder/Jan Josephszoon van Goyen/Anthonie van dyk del 1638, Ploos van Amstel. f:1767.
15.5 x 13.9 cm

See illustration (2)

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(1) after the original formerly in the Goll van Franckenstein Collection
(2) after the original in the Amsterdam Historical Museum, previously thought to be a portrait of Jan van Goyen by Sir Anthony van Dyck, but now attributed to Jan de Bray

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