The Property of a European Private Collector
South Netherlandish School, circa 1580
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a yellow and black embroidered dress, gold chains, and carrying gloves
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July 8, 01:36 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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The Property of a European Private Collector
South Netherlandish School, circa 1580
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a yellow and black embroidered dress, gold chains, and carrying gloves
oil on oak panel
unframed: 30.3 x 24 cm.; 11⅞ x 9½ in.
framed: 56.1 x 50.3 cm.; 22⅛ x 19¾ in.
Anonymous sale, Paris, Ader Tajan, 30 January 1991, lot 186 (as Workshop of Peter Pourbus), where acquired.
This portrait is clearly influenced by the work of Frans Pourbus the Elder (1545-81) who, having trained in Bruges, became one of the leading portraitists in Antwerp in the late 1570s and early 1580s.
The head of the sitter in this charming portrait would appear to be inspired by Pourbus' Portrait of a lady, from 1581 - the artist's last known signed and dated work.1 Though her features and hair colour are subtly different, and her gaze is directed slightly downwards and out of the frame, the lady here is depicted wearing the same wing cap, similarly fastened with two pins visible beside her left ear.
1 https://www.mskgent.be/nl/collectiestuk/portret-van-een-jonge-vrouw
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