Aelbert Cuyp
Portrait of Christina Pijll (1601 - 1652), half-length, holding a feather
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Aelbert Cuyp
1620 - 1691
Portrait of Christina Pijll (1601 - 1652), half-length, holding a feather
signed lower left: A. cuyp. fecit.
oil on canvas
canvas: 35 by 30 in.; 88.9 by 76.2 cm.
framed: 46 by 41 in.; 116.8 by 104.1 cm.
The canvas is wax lined and is stable on its stretcher. The portrait image reads well beneath relatively clear varnish. A few spots of old retouching have discolored in the gray background above the sitter's head but are not distracting. No other repairs are visible to the naked eye. Under UV inspection, several areas of retouching and repairs are visible in the background, most of which are already visible to the naked eye, as well as a repair at the top of her head, some retouching in the white collar, and a little retouching on her proper left cheek. The signature is intact and free of retouching. The painting can hang in its current condition but would also benefit from some attention to even out the retouching and a fresh varnish. Offered in a sturdy, decoratively carved giltwood frame with artist nameplate.
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By whom sold to Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam;
Edward A. Faust (1868 - 1936) and Anna Busch Faust (1875 - 1936), St. Louis, by 1925; Thence by descent to the present owner.
J. Goudstikker, Catalogue de la collection Goudstikker, d'Amsterdam, exhibition cataloue, Oslo/Copenhagen/Stockholm 1920, cat. no. 14, reproduced;
Exhibition of Dutch Pictures from the 15th - 20th Century: Collection Goudstikker, exhibition catalogue, St. Louis 1922, cat. no. 28, reproduced;
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Dutch and Flemish Pictures XV to XX century from the Goudstikker Collection of Amsterdam, exhibition catalogue, New York 1923, cat. no. 30;
E. Hutchings, "The Faust Collection," in International Studio 81 (1925), p. 442, reproduced;
Bulletin of the City Art Museum of St. Louis 7, no. 3 (July 1927), pp. 58-59 (as Portrait of Josina Pijll);
A. Chong, "Aelbert Cuyp and the Meanings of Landscape," Ph.D. diss., New York University 1992, cat. no. C132 (as not by Aelbert Cuyp and not examined);
A. Chong, New Portraits by Aelbert Cuyp: A Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch, from around 1650, London 2021, p. 9, reproduced fig. 10 (as Cuyp, Portrait of Christina Pijll).
Oslo, Kunstforening Christiana; Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst; Stockholm, Kongliga Akademien for de Fria Konsterna, Catalogue de la collection Goudstikker, d'Amsterdam, 1920, no. 14;
St. Louis, City Art Museum, Exhibition of Dutch Pictures from the 15th - 20th Century: Collection Goudstikker, 1922, no. 28;
New York, Anderson Gallery, Exhibition of the Dutch and Flemish Pictures XV to XX century from the Goudstikker Collection of Amsterdam, 1923, no. 30;
St. Louis, City Art Museum, 1927; 1931-1933, on loan from Faust collection.