This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in
Property from the Zeilstra Collection (lots 35-39)
Lot 35*,TP
Nicolaes Maes(Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, seated in a chair, before a red curtain
3 July 2024, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,800 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Old Master Paintings specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot
Poppy Harvey-Jones
Head of Sale
Lisa Greaves
Head of Department
Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, seated in a chair, before a red curtain
oil on canvas
137.2 x 111.8cm (54 x 44in).
oil on canvas
137.2 x 111.8cm (54 x 44in).
Footnotes
Provenance
Possibly, The Lawson Collection, Brough Hall, Yorkshire, late 18th Century
Private Collection, UK, until circa 1980
Private Collection, Europe
With Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, The Hague, The Netherlands, where acquired by the present owner on 29 November 1995
Exhibited
The Hague, Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, Rembrandt's Academy, 4 February - 2 May 1992, cat. no. 31
Literature
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schuler, Landau, 1983, vol. VI, no. 2377, pp. 3731, 3988
P.Huys Janssen and W. Sumowski, The Hoogsteder Exhibition of Rembrandt's Academy, The Hague, 1992, exh. cat., cat. no. 31, pp.240-2, ill.
I. Németh, 'De portretten van Jacob Trip en Margaretha de Geer door Nicolaes Maes in Boedapest', in Oud Holland, vol. 110, 1996, pp.81-2, ill., fig. 5
L. Krempel, Nicolaes Maes, Petersberg, 1999, p.302, cat. no. A100a, ill., pl. 149
Prof. Dr. Ekkart believes that the present portrait originally had a pendant, which was signed and dated 1669, and offered at Christie's, London, 27 June 1975, lot 33. At the time of this sale, the Portrait of a Woman was offered with an incorrect pendant portrait. Although each of the same dimensions, these two works clearly do not belong together: for example, the woman is noticeably larger than the man; the table beside her is much higher than in the male portrait; and the man is depicted before a view of the landscape or sea which is missing in the female portrait.
Ekkart suggests that the present work is a more suitable pendant to the Portrait of a Woman, given the stylistic and compositional connections between each work, particularly the rendering of the drapes and placement of the sitters (see: P.Huys Janssen and W. Sumowski, The Hoogsteder Exhibition of Rembrandt's Academy, exh. cat., The Hague, 1992, pp.240-2).
Additional information
Bid now on these items
