Portrait of Princess Elizabeth II van de Palts (1618-1680) as a shepherdess, bust-length, holding a rose

Details

Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1592-1656)
Portrait of Princess Elizabeth II van de Palts (1618-1680) as a shepherdess, bust-length, holding a rose
signed 'G. Honthorst fec:' (upper left)
oil on canvas
20 ½ x 17 ½ in. (52.1 x 44.5 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 July 1994, lot 89.
Anonymous sale; Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 26 November 1996, lot 2013.

Literature

R. Judson and R.E.O. Ekkart, Gerrit van Honthorst, Doornspijk, 1999, p. 269, as 'replica of the Pembroke picture'.

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Lot Essay

An unsigned version of similar size is in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke (Sidney, 16th Earl of Pembroke, A Catalogue of the Paintings & Drawings in the Collection at Wilton House, London and New York, 1968, p. 44, no. 113, pl. 66). That painting may be the 'picture of the Kings Neece in Shipheards habbitt done by Hunthorst' listed by Abraham van der Doort in the collection of King Charles I at Whitehall (see The Walpole Society, XXXVII, 1960, p. 176, no. 23).

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