Lot Essay
The sitter has traditionally been identified as Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709), the mistress of Charles II.
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Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, three-quarter-length, in a silver dress
Details
Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg 1639-1684 The Hague)
Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, three-quarter-length, in a silver dress
signed and dated 'C. Netscher. Fec 1669.' (strengthened, lower right)
oil on panel
29.2 x 23.7 cm.
with a red wax seal on the reverse, possibly of the arms of François Tronchin
Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, three-quarter-length, in a silver dress
signed and dated 'C. Netscher. Fec 1669.' (strengthened, lower right)
oil on panel
29.2 x 23.7 cm.
with a red wax seal on the reverse, possibly of the arms of François Tronchin
Provenance
François Tronchin, Bessinge, 1780; his sale, Boileau, Paris, 23 March 1801, lot 124 (500 francs to Gauthier);
by descent to Jean-Louis Robert Tronchin, 1938.
Purchased from the estate of Tronchin by Xavier Givaudan, 1938;
by descent to Léon Givaudan, Geneva, 1974.
with J. van Haeften, London, by 1983, where probably bought by the present owner.
by descent to Jean-Louis Robert Tronchin, 1938.
Purchased from the estate of Tronchin by Xavier Givaudan, 1938;
by descent to Léon Givaudan, Geneva, 1974.
with J. van Haeften, London, by 1983, where probably bought by the present owner.
Literature
Henry Tronchin, Le conseiller François et ses amis, Paris, 1895, p. 255, note 3.
J. Crosnier, Nos Anciens et leurs oeuvres, Geneve, 1908, p. 86.
G. Fatio, Genève et les Pays-Bas, Geneva, 1928, p. 124, pl. 28.
M.E. Wieseman, Caspar Netscher and Late Seventeenth Century Dutch painting, Doornspijk, 2002, p. 230, no. 87.
J. Crosnier, Nos Anciens et leurs oeuvres, Geneve, 1908, p. 86.
G. Fatio, Genève et les Pays-Bas, Geneva, 1928, p. 124, pl. 28.
M.E. Wieseman, Caspar Netscher and Late Seventeenth Century Dutch painting, Doornspijk, 2002, p. 230, no. 87.
Exhibited
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, De Genève à L'Ermitage. Les collections de François Tronchin, 21 June-15 September 1974, no. 174.
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