Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings
The Property of a European Private Collector
After Paulus Moreelse
Portrait of Ernst van Reede (d. 1640), Lord of De Vuursche and Drakestein, three-quarter length, wearing black and holding gloves and a sabel; Portrait of his wife, Elisabeth van Utenhove (d. 1637), three-quarter length, wearing black and holding a fan
Lot Closed
April 6, 02:10 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a European Private Collector
After Paulus Moreelse
Portrait of Ernst van Reede (d. 1640), Lord of De Vuursche and Drakestein, three-quarter length, wearing black and holding gloves and a sabel; Portrait of his wife, Elisabeth van Utenhove (d. 1637), three-quarter length, wearing black and holding a fan
each unframed: 134 x 106.4 cm.; 52¾ x 41⅞ in.
each framed: 154.2 x 126.5 cm.; 60¾ x 49⅞ in.
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 15 November 2005, lot 48 (for EUR 16,800).
Seventeenth-century copies after signed and dated works of 1628 by Paulus Moreelse; the portrait of Ernst van Reede is in Slot Zuylen, Oud Zuilen (inv. no. S165),1 and the portrait of Elisabeth van Utenhove, now lost, was formerly in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin.2 This pair was most probably commissioned by other members of the sitters' families.