Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn

Portrait of a young woman, bust-length

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March 23, 02:29 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private West Coast Collection, Sold without reserve

Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn

The Hague circa 1572 - 1657

Portrait of a young woman, bust-length

bears signature and date, lower left: Ravesteyn 1614

oil on panel

panel: 22 by 20 in.; 55.9 by 50.8 cm.

framed: 27 ½ by 24 ¾ in.; 69.9 by 62.9 cm.

Sale, Brussels, P. Bezine, 14 June 1927, lot 220;
With Jackson Higgs Gallery, New York, 1931;
Anonymous sale, Rockville, MD, Weschler's, 20 May 1979, lot 1187;
Anonymous sale, Rockville, MD, Weschler's, 5 December 2014, lot 180;
There acquired.

International Studio (Associated with The Connoisseur), February 1931, p. 33, reproduced in color.

Although this charming portrait bears a date of 1614, which has been recorded since 1927, the costume of the sitter indicates a later date, probably in the late 1630s or early 1640s. Van Ravesteyn lived and worked in the Hague as portraitist to the Dutch court and became one of the founding members of the Confrerie Pictura there in 1656. We are grateful to Nadja Garthoff and Sabine Craft-Giepmans of the RKD for confirming the attribution to Van Ravesteyn.