Atelier de Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leyde 1606-1669 Amsterdam) Portrait...

Atelier de Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leyde 1606-1669 Amsterdam)
Portrait de Saskia van Uylenburgh, trois-quart, en Flora

Studio of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam)
Portrait de Saskia van Uylenburgh, three-quarter-length, as Flora
oil on canvas
121.1 x 95.4cm (47 11/16 x 37 9/16in).
unframed
Provenance:
Possibly, Collection of Mrs Ellice, Invergarry;
Possibly, Collection of Mr Russell Ellice;
Possibly, Sale, London, 19 June 1942;
Possibly, Collection of Mrs W. Hannah, by who offered;
Possibly, Sale, London, 17 October 1951, lot 20 (£1400 to Mr Rozendaal);
Possibly, With D. Cevat, London (see literature for all above);
Private Collection, Spain, since 1993

Literature:
Possibly, E. van de Wetering, J. Bruyn, B. Haak, S.H. Levie, P.J.J. van Thiel et al A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1635-1642, vol. III, cat. no. A112 copy 2, pp. 156-8, ill, figs. 7 and 8

The present work is derived from Rembrandt's original work, from circa 1635, now in The National Gallery, London (see: acc.no. NG4930). There are notable differences to the veil, the absence of a plant lower right and ivy entwinned staff, which is vertical in the present work and tilted to the left in Rembrandt's original. The placement of the staff makes it likely that William Pether's mezzotint was made after the present painting (see literature).