Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Elegant company playing cards in an interior, with a half-draped painting of Venus and Cupid and a portrait of a lady on the wall

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December 6, 06:47 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 GBP

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Description

Property of a Deceased's Estate

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Amsterdam 1621–1674

Elegant company playing cards in an interior, with a half-draped painting of Venus and Cupid and a portrait of a lady on the wall

signed and dated lower right: G. v. Eeckhout f / Ao 1652 oil on canvas

unframed: 51.5 x 61.5 cm.; 20¼ x 24¼ in.

framed: 72 x 81 cm; 28⅜ x 31⅞ in.

Possibly anonymous sale, London, Langford, 8–9 March 1776, lot 6 (as 'G. Van Eckhout. Card players. A lady engaged in the game seems to ask council of a cavalier who is near her. The other parts are in shadow, and give relief and lustre to the piece, which is highly finished');

Private collection, London, by 1997;

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 7 July 2000, lot 13;

With Johnny van Haeften, London, 2002.

London, Johnny van Haeften, Dutch and Flemish Paintings, 2002, no. 13

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