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Dutch School,1638, a portrait of a young boy, aged 4½, standing full length, wearing a dark suit with lace collar and cuffs, holding a hat and gloves in his hands
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description
- a portrait of a young boy, aged 4½, standing full length, wearing a dark suit with lace collar and cuffs, holding a hat and gloves in his hands
- dated and inscribed with the age of the sitter upper right: Anno 1638 8/2 Atatús.súa 4 1/2 Jaer
- oil on panel
- 125.6 by 75.1 cm.
Literature
S. Kuus, 'Kinderen op hun mooist. Kinderkleding in de zestiende en zeventiende eeuw', in: exh. cat. Kinderen op hun mooist. Het kinderportret in de Nederlanden 1500-1700, Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 2000-1, pp. 81-2, reproduced fig. 45 (as anonymous Dutch school).
Catalogue Note
A portrait of the sitter's elder brother, aged 6, by the same hand as the present work, is recorded in a private collection (see Literature, p. 81, reproduced fig. 44).
Bears an old label with an inventory number on the reverse: 269.