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Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)
Portrait of a boy, three-quarter-length, in classical dress with a feathered hat, a bullfinch in his left hand and a spaniel beside him, in a painted oval
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Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)
Portrait of a boy, three-quarter-length, in classical dress with a feathered hat, a bullfinch in his left hand and a spaniel beside him, in a painted oval
oil on panel
43.4 x 30.5 cm.
Provenance
with Brian Koetser, London, 1971.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 March 1988, lot 96.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 1998, lot 144, where purchased by the present owner.
Special notice
Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor Werner Sumowski for confirming the attribution and dating the picture to the late 1660's.