PAULUS MOREELSE (UTRECHT 1571-1638) Portrait of a lady, half-length, i...

PAULUS MOREELSE (UTRECHT 1571-1638)
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a red gown with paned virago sleeves and a fine linen, lace-trimmed standing collar
signed and dated '1623 / PM' ('PM' in ligature, upper left)
oil on canvas
26 ½ x 21 ½ in. (67.3 x 54.5 cm.)

Provenance
Captain George F. Stevens-Guille; his sale, Christie's, London, 24 October 1958, lot 118a, as G. Hontorst, and tentatively identified as a Queen of Bohemia, where acquired after the sale by the following,
Captain Edward G. Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964), Northwick Park, Cheltenham; his deceased sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 1965, lot 35, as a portrait of Princess Frances, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox.
Anonymous sale; Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 19-22 April 1966, lot 41, as a portrait of Princess Frances, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 March 1971, lot 154, as a portrait of Princess Frances, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (500 gns. to Constantimides).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 March 1972, lot 155, as a portrait of Princess Frances, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (500 gns. to Hancock).
Private collection, Belgium.
Anonymous sale; Brussels Art Auctions, Brussels, 20 March 2012, lot 281.
with Soraya Cartegui Gallery, Madrid, as a portrait of a Lady, probably Anna Johanna van Nassau, where acquired by the present owner.