• Old Master Paintings Part II auction at Christies

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    Old Master Paintings Part II

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    26 January 2012

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    • Pieter Nason (The Hague c. 161
    Lot 233

    Pieter Nason (The Hague c. 1612-1688/90)

    Portrait of a boy, possibly Willem van Liere (1653-1706), as Mars, in classical dress with a cuirass, sword and halberd, in a landscape

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    USD 21,250

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    USD 10,000 - USD 15,000

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    Pieter Nason (The Hague c. 1612-1688/90)
    Portrait of a boy, possibly Willem van Liere (1653-1706), as Mars, in classical dress with a cuirass, sword and halberd, in a landscape
    signed 'Nason F. 1669' (lower right)
    oil on canvas, unlined
    34 x 27 in. (86.3 x 68.6 cm.)

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    Lot Essay

    A similar depiction of Willem van Liere in a double-portrait with his sister Jacoba was sold at Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 November 1992, lot 88 (69,000 gilders). Their father, also Willem, was a member of the Admiralty in Amsterdam, and the children were painted with their mother, Maria van Reigersberg, by Adrian Hanneman in 1663 (Voorschoten, Stichting Duivenvoorde). The sitter would later marry Geertruid Anna van Wassenaer on 28 September 1681 in The Hague.

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    Please note that the provenance for this lot should read:

    Stair Galleries, Hudson, NY, 15 October 2011, lot 261 ($6,250)


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