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The Property of a Gentleman
Ferdinand Bol
Double portrait of a boy and girl, full-length, in a landscape
Lot Closed
July 8, 02:01 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
Ferdinand Bol
Dordrecht 1616 - 1680 Amsterdam
Double portrait of a boy and girl, full-length, in a landscape
oil on canvas
unframed: 131.4 x 119.2 cm.; 51¾ x 47 in.
framed: 145.9 x 133.8 cm.; 57⅜ x 52½ in.
Rupert William Dudley Leigh, 4th Baron Leigh (1908-79), Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire, by 1938 (formerly as attributed to Rembrandt, and later as Aert de Gelder);
Thence by descent until sold ('Trustees of the Stoneleigh Settlement, Ettington Park'), London, Christie's, 11 December 1981, lot 41;
Private collection;
Acquired in 2010 by the present owner.
Thence by descent until sold ('Trustees of the Stoneleigh Settlement, Ettington Park'), London, Christie's, 11 December 1981, lot 41;
Private collection;
Acquired in 2010 by the present owner.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Landau/Pfalz 1983, vol. I, p. 314, cat. no. 178, reproduced p. 417.
Birmingham, City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, An exhibition of treasures from Midland Homes, 2 November - 2 December 1938, no. 7 (as Aert de Gelder; lent by Lord Leigh).