Anglo-Dutch School, 1616
Portraits of Elizabeth de Ligne and Her Brother, Erasmus II de la Fontaine
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Anglo-Dutch School, 1616
Portrait of Erasmus II de la Fontaine (1610-circa 1671), Aged 14;
Portrait of Elizabeth de Ligne (1605-1682; née de la Fontaine), Aged 11
the former inscribed and dated upper left: Aetais Suae . 14 ~ / Anno Do. 1616 ~
the latter inscribed and dated upper right: Aetais Suae . 11 ~ / Anno Do. 1616 ~
oil on canvas, a pair
each canvas: 38 by 31 in.; 96.5 by 78.7 cm
each framed: 43 ½ by 37 in.; 110.5 by 94.0 cm
Probably Sir Daniel and Lady Elizabeth de Ligne, Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Thence by descent to Thomas Sherwin Pearson-Gregory (1851-1935), Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire;
By whose executor sold ("Sold by Order of the Executor of Thomas Sherwin Pearson-Gregory, Esq., deceased, and have been removed from Harlaxton Manor, Grantham"), London, Christie's, 18 June 1937, lot 21 (as Jamesone);
Where acquired by Leggatt Bros., London, for £79.16s.;
From whom acquired by Charles de Beistegui (1895-1970), Château de Groussay, Montfort-l’Amaury, near Paris;
Thence by inheritance to his nephew, Juan de Beistegui (1930-2017), Château de Groussay, Montfort-l’Amaury, near Paris;
His sale, on the premises, Château de Groussay, Sotheby's and Poulain Le Fur, 3 June 1999, lot 534 (as Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger);
With Johnny van Haeften, London (as Attributed to Gheeraerts the Younger);
From whom acquired by Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III.
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Elegance and Wonder: Masterpieces of European Art from the Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III Collection, 20 March 2023 - 30 January 2025, no. 6.
C. Yarger, in With Observation and Imagination: Still Lifes, Genre Scenes, Portraits, and Landscapes from the Saunders Collection, exhibition catalogue, A.K. Wheelock, Jr. (ed.), New York 2021, pp. 38-41, 166, cat. no. 6, reproduced (as Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen);
A. Kolb, "Sir Daniel de Ligne/Delyne, ein Verwandter des Neu-Hanau Mitbegründers Anton de Ligne?" in Neues Magazin für Hanauische Geschichte (2024), pp. 19-20, reproduced.
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