Johan de la Rocquette

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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Description

Johan de la Rocquette
Portrait of a lady, standing three-quarter-length, wearing an elegant brown dress, pearl jewellery and a green and white feathered headdress, with a dog by her side
signed and dated lower left: DLRoquette / f 1669 (DLR in ligature)
oil on canvas
107 x 93 cm.; 42 1/8 x 36 5/8 in.

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Antwerp, Van Herck, 6 April 1925, lot 46, for 1400 Francs to Van den Broek (as dated 1660).

Catalogue Note

Johan de la Rocquette was recorded in The Hague between 1658 and 1694, where he joined the Confrerie Pictura and was mentioned as a student of Martinus Lengele (d.1668). He is known for having painted portraits and landscapes, but when he joined the army as a captain, his artistic career came to an end. Just a handful of his portraits are known, including a signed and dated portrait of 1662 of Mary of Orange, now in the Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague.¹ 1. Inv. no. 311; see E. Buijsen, Haagse Schilders in de Gouden Eeuw. Het Hoogsteder Lexicon van alle schilders werkzaam in Den Haag, 1600-1700, The Hague and Zwolle 1998, p. 323, reproduced.