Circle of Johannes Vollevens the Elder, Dutch 1649-1728- Portrait of a lady, half-length, wearing a brown and white dress with blue cloak, standing in an interior, with an evening landscape beyond; oil on canvas, 32.7 x 26.1 cm. Provenance: with...

Circle of Johannes Vollevens the Elder,

Dutch 1649-1728-

Portrait of a lady, half-length, wearing a brown and white dress with blue cloak, standing in an interior, with an evening landscape beyond;

oil on canvas, 32.7 x 26.1 cm.

Provenance: with The Brod Gallery, London, November 1967.; Anon. sale, Sotheby's Colonnade, 22 May 1996, lot 74 (as Caspar Netscher).; The estate of the late designer Anthony Powell.

Note: This portrait, which dates to c.1680, and is of exceptionally high quality, has thus far evaded a firm attribution. Last selling on the open market in 1996 as by Caspar Netscher, further suggestions have been made of Joannes Vollevens the Elder, Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693), Johannes Mijtens (1614-1670), Jan de Baen (1633-1702), and Michiel van Musscher (1645-1705). We are grateful to Dr Léon Krempel who tentatively suggested an attribution to Vollevens the Elder on the basis of a photograph.
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