Lot 93
  • 93

Dutch School 17th Century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Dutch School
  • Portrait of a Lady
  • oil on canvas
  • 29 1/2 by 24 in.
  • 74.9 by 61 cm.

Provenance

With Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris (according to a wax seal on the reverse);
John Wanamaker, Philadelphia;
Thence by descent to his son, Rodman Wanamaker, Philadelphia;
His deceased sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., November 2, 1939, lot 15, for $225, to William Vixseboxseb (as by Verspronck);
With Vixseboxse Art Galleries, by whom sold in 1984 to the present owner.

Condition

Lined canvas. Pressed surface but very stable; some thinning to bonnet; pressed craquelure through face. Under UV light: very tiny retouches on the black dress.
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