Govaert Flinck (Cleves 1615-1660 Amsterdam)
Govaert Flinck (Cleves 1615-1660 Amsterdam)

Portrait of a lady in a turban, half-length

Details
Govaert Flinck (Cleves 1615-1660 Amsterdam)
Portrait of a lady in a turban, half-length
oil on canvas
29 1/8 x 23 ½ in. (74 x 59.7 cm.)
Sale room notice
Please note that Tom van der Molen endorses the attribution to Flinck on the basis of photographs (written communication, 26 March 2018), and believes this painting is likely to be the prime.

Lot Essay

This opulent portrait is one of two versions, the second of which is at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire. The superlative quality of the present picture makes a strong case for this being the prime. It dates to circa 1640 and is comparable to a number of paintings produced by Flinck during the late 1630s and early 1640s, most notably Saskia as a shepherd, dated 1636 (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, inv. 252) and Portrait of a man, known as Gozen Centen, circa 1640 (Rijksmuseum).

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