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Property from a Private Collection
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December 5, 12:50 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
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).