Lot 44
44
Joseph Ignaz Eichler (1714-1763)
Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at… Read more The following five lots (44-8) have passed by descent from the sitters to the Van Toulon van der Koog family, and thence by direct descent to the present owner. The help of E.J. Wolleswinkel of the Iconographisch Bureau, The Hague, in the compilation of the entries is here gratefully acknowledged.
Joseph Ignaz Eichler (1714-1763)

Portrait of Johan van Nispen (1700-1776), half-length in a black coat, grey vest, lace collar and wig, his left hand resting on a book; and Portrait of Petronella Susanna Cabeljau (1702-1768), half length in a blue velvet dress with white-lined red wrap, lace chemise and lace cuffs

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Joseph Ignaz Eichler (1714-1763)
Portrait of Johan van Nispen (1700-1776), half-length in a black coat, grey vest, lace collar and wig, his left hand resting on a book; and Portrait of Petronella Susanna Cabeljau (1702-1768), half length in a blue velvet dress with white-lined red wrap, lace chemise and lace cuffs
both inscribed and dated 'Joseph Eichler ad Vivum Pinxit./Haga..Anno 1750.' (on the reverses, lower right)
oil on canvas
85.3 x 67.1 cm.
a pair (2)
Literature
E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava, II, 1905, p. 143, no. 5499 (Johan van Nispen).
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The sitters married in 1727; he was the son of Johan van Nispen and Maria van Nispen, née van der Gracht, she was the daughter of Samuel Cabeljau and Anna Cabeljau, née Ruyll. The grandaughter of the sitters, Johanna van Nispen (1771-1854) married Lodewijk van Toulon (1767-1840) in 1791 (for his parents see lot 46). Their son, Lodewijk Johan (1822-1901), called himself van Toulon van der Koog.

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