Lot 250
250
CORNELIS JONSON VAN CEULEN (ANGLO-DUTCH, 1593-1661/62)
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CORNELIS JONSON VAN CEULEN (ANGLO-DUTCH, 1593-1661/62)

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CORNELIS JONSON VAN CEULEN (ANGLO-DUTCH, 1593-1661/62)
A young lady, in dress with white wide bobbin lace collar, crimson ribbon rosette at corsage, thin gold chain, pearl necklace, pendant pearl earring, her light brown curling hair upswept with flowing sides signed with initials and dated 'CsJ 1620' (lower right)
oil on copper
oval, 2 in. (51 mm.) high, turned ivory case (lid deficient), the base inset with reeded oval ebonised horn mount
Provenance
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) Collection, New York; Christie's, London, 24 June 1935, lot 156 (as School of Jonson, 7 gns to Spink).
Christie's, London, 24 June 1975, lot 58 (as by Cornelius Johnson).
Literature
G. C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures, the property of J. Pierpont Morgan, London, 1906, I, p. 134, no. 169, illustrated pl. LXV.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

Two signed miniatures by the present artist are in the Museum Briner und Kern, Winterthur (see B. Hofstetter, Die Welt der Bildnisminiatur. Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Emil S. Kern, Bern, 2008, p. 67, illustrated in colour, figs. 34 & 35). For an account of Jonson, see K. Hearn, 'The English career of Cornelius Johnson', in J. Roding, et al. (ed.), The English Venture: Dutch and Flemish Artists in Britain 1550-1800, Leiden, 2003, pp. 113-128.

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