Old Master Paintings, Part Two

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Lot 137
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Herman van der Mijn Amsterdam circa 1684 - 1741 London

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Description

  • Herman van der Mijn
  • A Bacchante
  • signed and dated lower left: H:VAN DER MYN./1719.
  • oil on oak panel, brushed on the reverse with an old inventory number: 1241

Provenance

Scudamore Griffiths (1868-1968), Bedfont House, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, by whom bought after the First World War;
Thence by descent.

Catalogue Note

This picture was painted either in Antwerp, where Van der Mijn went following the death of his patron, the Elector Palatine, in Düsseldorf in 1716, or in London, where he settled sometime between then and 1721.  Wherever it was done, it strongly reflects the Court taste of the Elector, and it is surely no coincidence that it is strongly reminiscent of the Elector's favourite Court Painter, Adriaen van der Werff.