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JAN MIJTENS (C. 1614-1670)

Lot 47
25.05.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 132 300
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ID 960946
Lot 47 | JAN MIJTENS (C. 1614-1670)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
JAN MIJTENS (C. 1614-1670)

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.



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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)
Genre:Portrait
Auction house category:Paintings
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