NICOLAES MAES (DORDRECHT 1634-1693 AMSTERDAM)
NICOLAES MAES (DORDRECHT 1634-1693 AMSTERDAM)
NICOLAES MAES (DORDRECHT 1634-1693 AMSTERDAM)
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This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KARL AND VIRGINIA EISENHARDT
NICOLAES MAES (DORDRECHT 1634-1693 AMSTERDAM)

Portrait of a man, three-quarter-length, leaning on a broken column, traditionally identified as Count Borchgrave

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NICOLAES MAES (DORDRECHT 1634-1693 AMSTERDAM)
Portrait of a man, three-quarter-length, leaning on a broken column, traditionally identified as Count Borchgrave
signed 'MAES.' (center right, on the base of the column)
oil on canvas, cut to an oval and laid down on canvas
painted oval: 48 ½ x 41 ½ in. (123 x 105.41 cm.); overall: 49 ¼ x 42 ½ in. (125 x 107.9 cm.)
Provenance
Henry Barton Jacobs (1858-1939), Baltimore; (†) his sale, Sam W. Pattinson & Co. in collaboration with Parke-Bernet Galleries, Baltimore, 10-12 December 1940, lot 666, together with its pendant as the preceding lot.
Karl J. Eisenhardt (1897-1985), York, PA, by 1945, and by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dr. William W. Robinson for endorsing the attribution and suggesting an execution date of circa 1685-90 on the basis of photographs.

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