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JAN ANTHONISZ. VAN RAVESTEYN | Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, in a wide lace collar, holding a fan

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December 5, 12:50 PM GMT

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10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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Property from a Private Collection

JAN ANTHONISZ. VAN RAVESTEYN

The Hague circa 1572 - 1657

Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, in a wide lace collar, holding a fan


oil on canvas

130.1 x 97.3 cm.; 54 x 38¼ in.

Anonymous sale, Vienna, Dorotheum, 13 March 1958, lot 65 (as Moreelse);

Anonymous sale, Vienna, Dorotheum, 1 October 2003, lot 273 (as Ravesteyn), where acquired.

R. Ekkart, 'The portraits of the Vrijdags van Vollenhoven Family by Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn', in The Hoogsteder Mercury, vol. 12, 1991, p. 13, reproduced fig. 13.

This painting is a version of Ravesteyn's signed and dated work from 1620, today in the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille (134.5 x 104.5 cm., inv. no. P216), where its pendant depicting a gentleman also hangs (131 x 103 cm., inv. no. P206).