Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Property from a Private West Coast Collection, Sold without reserve
Portrait of a young woman, bust-length
Lot Closed
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.
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.