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DUTCH SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY | PORTRAIT OF TWO CHILDREN, FULL LENGTH, ONE HOLDING GLOVES AND THE OTHER HOLDING A SILVER EMBROIDERED RATTLE

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February 4, 05:08 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

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DUTCH SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

PORTRAIT OF TWO CHILDREN, FULL LENGTH, ONE HOLDING GLOVES AND THE OTHER HOLDING A SILVER EMBROIDERED RATTLE

illegibly inscribed upper left on the column

oil on panel

panel: 41 by 31⅜ in.; 104 by 79.7 cm.

framed: 50¾ by 41¼ in.; 128.9 by 104.8 cm.

With K F France (according to label on reverse).

The attribution of this elegant portrait has eluded many scholars. The figure of the girl to the left resembles the paintings by Cornelis de Vos and other portrait painters in Southern Netherlands, while the figure of the boy resembles the paintings by Jan Claesz and other artists in Northern Netherlands.

We are grateful to Nadja Garthoff and Sabine Craft-Giepmans for their assistance with the cataloguing of this painting on the basis of photographs.