Lot Essay
It has been suggested that the sitter could be Emerentia van Beresteyn (1611-?), since Erminia must have been older by the time Abraham de Vries depicted her.
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Portrait of an elegant lady, half-lenght, said to be Erminia van Beresteyn (1544-1625), in a black dress with fur jacket, a 'molensteen kraag' and white headdress
Details
Abraham de Vries (The Hague/Rotterdam c. 1590-c.1650/62 The Hague)
Portrait of an elegant lady, half-lenght, said to be Erminia van Beresteyn (1544-1625), in a black dress with fur jacket, a 'molensteen kraag' and white headdress
with the coat of arms of the Gael and Beresteyn family (upper right); and inscribed with the name of the sitter 'Emmerensia van Berestein huijsvrouwe van Johan Gael Burgemeester der Stad Haarlem. Obiit 14 Novr 1625.' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
73.2 x 60.5 cm.
with four black wax seals (on the reverse)
Portrait of an elegant lady, half-lenght, said to be Erminia van Beresteyn (1544-1625), in a black dress with fur jacket, a 'molensteen kraag' and white headdress
with the coat of arms of the Gael and Beresteyn family (upper right); and inscribed with the name of the sitter 'Emmerensia van Berestein huijsvrouwe van Johan Gael Burgemeester der Stad Haarlem. Obiit 14 Novr 1625.' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
73.2 x 60.5 cm.
with four black wax seals (on the reverse)
Provenance
Mrs. J.C. Gael; by descent to W.A.J. Stratenus, The Hague, 1872.
D.C.M. Roell-van Benthem van den Bergh, Amsterdam, 1952.
D.C.M. Roell-van Benthem van den Bergh, Amsterdam, 1952.
Literature
Katalogus der Tentoonstelling van Schilderijen van Oude Meesters, Amsterdam, 1872, p. 44.
E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava, Amsterdam, 1897, p. 64, no. 527.
Jhr. E.A. van Beresteyn, Ikonografie van het geslacht Van Beresteyn, The Hague, 1941, p. 15, no. 19.
A. Staring, Drie eeuwen portret in Nederland, Amsterdam, 1952, p. 87.
E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava, Amsterdam, 1897, p. 64, no. 527.
Jhr. E.A. van Beresteyn, Ikonografie van het geslacht Van Beresteyn, The Hague, 1941, p. 15, no. 19.
A. Staring, Drie eeuwen portret in Nederland, Amsterdam, 1952, p. 87.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, Tentoonstelling van zeldzame en belangrijke schilderijen van oude meesters, 1872, no. 294.
Brussels, World fair, Cinq siècles d'art, 1935, no. 785.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Drie eeuwen portret in Nederland, 29 June - 5 October 1952, no. 181.
Brussels, World fair, Cinq siècles d'art, 1935, no. 785.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Drie eeuwen portret in Nederland, 29 June - 5 October 1952, no. 181.
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