Lot Essay
We are grateful to Fred Meijer and Ellis Dullaart of the RKD, The Hague, for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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Portrait of an old woman, traditionally identified as Neeltgen Willemsdr. van Zuytbrouck (1569-1640), Rembrandt's mother, small half-length, in a black coat with a fur hat
Details
Leiden School, c. 1630-1650
Portrait of an old woman, traditionally identified as Neeltgen Willemsdr. van Zuytbrouck (1569-1640), Rembrandt's mother, small half-length, in a black coat with a fur hat
with signature 'G. Dou' (lower left)
oil on panel
10 ¼ x 8 ¼ in. (26 x 21 cm.)
Portrait of an old woman, traditionally identified as Neeltgen Willemsdr. van Zuytbrouck (1569-1640), Rembrandt's mother, small half-length, in a black coat with a fur hat
with signature 'G. Dou' (lower left)
oil on panel
10 ¼ x 8 ¼ in. (26 x 21 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 5 December 1941, lot 126, as 'Rembrandt' (190 gns to Smith).