Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Rudi Ekkart of the RKD for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs.
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Portrait of a lady, aged 28, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with brocade sleeves, white collar, cuffs and bonnet and with a gold chain around the waist
Details
Adriaen Thomasz. Key (?Antwerp c. 1544-after 1589 Antwerp?)
Portrait of a lady, aged 28, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with brocade sleeves, white collar, cuffs and bonnet and with a gold chain around the waist
dated and inscribed 'AN DNI 1576' (upper left) and 'AETATIS · SUAE 28' (AE in monogram, upper right)
oil on panel
38 x 25 5/8 in. (96.5 x 65.1 cm.)
Portrait of a lady, aged 28, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with brocade sleeves, white collar, cuffs and bonnet and with a gold chain around the waist
dated and inscribed 'AN DNI 1576' (upper left) and 'AETATIS · SUAE 28' (AE in monogram, upper right)
oil on panel
38 x 25 5/8 in. (96.5 x 65.1 cm.)
Provenance
(Presumably) by descent at Studley Royal, Yorkshire, until Commander Clare Vyner, Studley Royal, Yorkshire; Christie's, London, 25 March 1966, lot 96, as 'Key'.
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