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Premier Auction - Session I - February 3, 2023

Fri, Feb 3, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 607

Dutch-Leiden School Painting

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(17th century)

Woman at her Toilet, the third quarter of the 17th century, oil on oak panel, oval 7 x 5-1/4 in. (19 x 14 cm.); gilt wood and composition frame, gilt spandrel, 12 x 10 in.

Note: Fred Meijer and Ellis Dullaart both identified this painting  as by Jan Miense Molenaer. They also suggested this could possibly be a copy after a no longer known original by Adriaen Brouwer (E. Dullaart & F.G. Meijer, 2017-01) See: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/record?query=woman+at+a+mirror&start=1)

 

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, October 14, 1998, lot 154, as attributed to Jan Miense Molenaer (see accompanying record); Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina [[europeanart]]/[[old-master]]

Condition

some small areas of possible overcleaning, retouch; frame regilt

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