Lots 306-373: Property from the Collection of A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek
Attributed to Caspar Netscher
Elegant couple with four children on a terrace
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Lots 306-373: Property from the Collection of A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek
Attributed to Caspar Netscher
Heidelberg (?) 1639 - 1684 The Hague
Elegant couple with four children on a terrace
Pen and gray ink and wash, within pen and ink framing lines
154 by 172 mm; 6 by 6¾ in.
Sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 15 November 1994, lot 58,
purchased by A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995), Haarlem
purchased by A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995), Haarlem
Casper Netscher made drawings both in preparation for his paintings and as ricordi of commissions, and his family members and other pupils and assistants did the same, leading, as Betsy Wieseman has observed, to a certain lack of clarity regarding attributions.1 Although no painting by Netscher with this composition is known, he did occasionally make elaborate group portraits in outdoor settings like this, for example the 1667 Portrait of a Magistrate and his Family, in Rotterdam2, and the quality and handling of the drawing certainly do not exclude an attribution to Netscher himself.
1. Marjorie E. Wieseman, Caspar Netscher, Doornspijk 2002, pp. 111-124
2. Wieseman, op. cit., cat. 69
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