Jacob Fransz. van der Merck 's-Gravendeel circa 1610 – 1664 Leiden

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Description

Jacob Fransz. van der Merck
A portrait of a gentleman, bust length, wearing a black suit with a white lace collar and a black hat, together with his wife, bust length, wearing a black dress with a white lace collar and a black bonnet, holding a rose in her right hand, near a balustrade with roses, in the open air
indistinctly signed (strengthened) and dated lower left on the balustrade: J v. merck F.. 1649
oil on canvas, a fragment

Provenance

Sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 11 May 1994, lot 60;
Anonymous sale, London, Phillips, 6 July 1999, lot 193;
Anonymous sale, Vienna, Dorotheum, 30 March 2000, lot 148;
With Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam.

Catalogue Note

An 18th Century copy of this work, bearing a signature and date of Frans P. Grebber/ A: 1624, was with Glass, Essen by 1998 (recorded in the R.K.D.).