Jan Claesz. (circa 1570-1618)

Portrait of a Woman, half length, wearing a provincial costume and a red ribbon in her hair - a fragment

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Jan Claesz. (circa 1570-1618)
Portrait of a Woman, half length, wearing a provincial costume and a red ribbon in her hair - a fragment
oil on panel, oval
59.3 x 44.8 cm

Provenance

with C.P.A. & G.R. Castendijk, Rotterdam, 1966, as J. Heintz I

Literature

R. E. O. Ekkart, "De Enkhuizer Schilder Jan Claesz." in Oud Holland, III-IV, 1990, p.204, p.217, no29, p.205, fig. 35, where dated circa 1615

Exhibited

Delft, Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Oude Kunst en Antiekbeurs, 1970, as Dutch School, circa 1600

Lot Essay

The attribution to Jan Claesz. was first suggested by R.E.O. Ekkart, who discovered the similarity between the portrait of Kenou Jacobsdr., dated 1616, in the former orphanage, Enkhuizen (Ekkart, op. cit., p.204, fig. 34) and the present picture. The sitter here wears traditional Enkhuizer costume, while her braided hair is tied in a red ribbon, a fashion typical of Enkhuizen.

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