ID 960946
Lot 47 | JAN MIJTENS (C. 1614-1670)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Double portrait of two children in a landscape, a dog at their side
signed and dated 'Joan Mytens / 1655' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 x 40 3/8 in. (78.7 x 102.1 cm.)
Provenance
Macalester Loup, The Hague; Frans Johannes Bosboom, The Hague, 20 August 1806, lot 109 (bt. Gram).
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), and by descent to the following,
Mrs. Edward Fisher, Welby Warren, Grantham; Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1930, lot 53 (124 gns. to Pyke).
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, 1933.
Mrs. Robert Tritton, Godmersham Park, Kent; (†) Christie’s, London, 15 July 1983, lot 82.
with Richard Green, London, 1983, where purchased.
Literature
R. Edwards, Early Conversation Pictures from the Middle Ages to about 1730. A Study in Origins, London, 1954, pp. 88, 143, no. 30.
A. Peter, Überlegungen zur höllandischen Bildnis- und Genremalerei am Ende ihres 'Goldenen Zeitalters', PhD thesis, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, 1996, p. 167.
A.N. Bauer, Jan Mijtens (1613/14-1670), Leben und Werk, Petersberg, 2006, pp. 258, 416, no. A135.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Daniel Mijtens (1590 - 1647) |
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| Genre: | Portrait |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Daniel Mijtens (1590 - 1647) |
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| Genre: | Portrait |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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