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Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet with slashed sleeves, black hose and sash, his gloves in his left hand; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in an embroidered black dress with lace cuffs and ruff, wearing a gold necklace, a fan in her right hand
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Paulus Moreelse (Utrecht 1571-1638)
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet with slashed sleeves, black hose and sash, his gloves in his left hand; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in an embroidered black dress with lace cuffs and ruff, wearing a gold necklace, a fan in her right hand
both signed with monogram and dated 'PM 1633' (the first, upper right, the second, upper left)
oil on panel
48 x 35.3/8 in. (122.5 x 89.9 cm.)
a pair (2)
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet with slashed sleeves, black hose and sash, his gloves in his left hand; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in an embroidered black dress with lace cuffs and ruff, wearing a gold necklace, a fan in her right hand
both signed with monogram and dated 'PM 1633' (the first, upper right, the second, upper left)
oil on panel
48 x 35.3/8 in. (122.5 x 89.9 cm.)
a pair (2)
Provenance
with Kleykamp, The Hague, 1929.
with Thos. Agnew and Sons, from whom purchased in 1945 by
William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, and by descent.
with Thos. Agnew and Sons, from whom purchased in 1945 by
William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, and by descent.
Literature
C.H. de Jonge, Paulus Moreelse, Assen, 1938, p. 96, nos. 110a and 110b.
The Connoisseur, CXV, June, 1945, p. 123.
The Connoisseur, CXV, June, 1945, p. 123.
Exhibited
Frost and Reed, London, 1944 (according to The Connoisseur, see below).