Lot Essay
The pose of the sitter is very close to a Portrait of a woman in Heidelberg, also dated 1674 (see 2002, no. 135).
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Portrait of a lady, seated three-quarter-length, in a grey silk dress with lace chemise, blue wrap and a pearl necklace, holding a branch in her left hand, a lamb at her side
Details
Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg/Prague 1639-1684 The Hague)
Portrait of a lady, seated three-quarter-length, in a grey silk dress with lace chemise, blue wrap and a pearl necklace, holding a branch in her left hand, a lamb at her side
signed and dated 'C.Netscher.fec. 1674' (lower right)
oil on canvas
48.6 x 39.5 cm.
Portrait of a lady, seated three-quarter-length, in a grey silk dress with lace chemise, blue wrap and a pearl necklace, holding a branch in her left hand, a lamb at her side
signed and dated 'C.Netscher.fec. 1674' (lower right)
oil on canvas
48.6 x 39.5 cm.
Provenance
F.L.S.F. van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Zuilen, by 1913; on loan to the Foundation Castle Zuylen, Zuilen, 1991, inv. no. 21.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 8 November 1999, lot 107; where acquired by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 8 November 1999, lot 107; where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné etc., V, 1913, p. 266, no. 397.
M.E. Wieseman, Caspar Netscher and Late Seventeenth Century Dutch Painting, Ghent, 2002, p. 264, no. 136., ill.
M.E. Wieseman, Caspar Netscher and Late Seventeenth Century Dutch Painting, Ghent, 2002, p. 264, no. 136., ill.
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