Old Master Paintings, Part Two

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Lot 132
  • 132

Herman Mijnerts Doncker Active in Haarlem 1633 - 1640

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Description

  • Herman Doncker
  • Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a black embroidered dress and standing next to a table with her hand on a book

  • signed with monogram, inscribed and dated centre left: Ætatis.56/ A0. 1630/ HD f

  • oil on panel

Provenance

Lord Talbot of Malahide Castle, Dublin;
With Brod Gallery (according to a label on the reverse);
With Rafael Vals Ltd., London;
From whom purchased by Robert T. Sakowitz, Houston, 1977;
From whom purchased by a private collector, United States, in whose collection it remained until sold, New York, Sotheby's, 28 May 1999, lot 33, for $34,000.

Catalogue Note

The attribution to Doncker was endorsed by Dr. Rudolf E.O. Ekkart of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistoriche Documentatie when the painting appeared at auction in 1999.