Sara Troost (1731-1803), ‘Portrait of a gentleman in blue’
Sara Troost (1731-1803), ‘Portrait of a gentleman in blue’
signed ‘Sara Troost’ and dated ‘1779’ r.o. Verso: dated again in pencil ‘Anno 1779’. According to label with annotation on the frame verso: 'Approved by Mr. Hofsteder on 1 April 2007 in the program Tussen Kunst & Kitsch' (= Mr. John Hoogsteder). Sara Troost was the daughter of the painter Cornelis Troost (1696-1750) and the sister-in-law of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726 - 1798). Her oeuvre consisted mainly of portrait and genre art and her drawn portraits served as an example for etchings by contemporaries such as Reinier Vinkeles and Jacob Houbraken.
Chalk on paper, 39 x 31,2 cm.
1779
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Sara Troost (1731-1803), ‘Portrait of a gentleman in blue’
signed ‘Sara Troost’ and dated ‘1779’ r.o. Verso: dated again in pencil ‘Anno 1779’. According to label with annotation on the frame verso: 'Approved by Mr. Hofsteder on 1 April 2007 in the program Tussen Kunst & Kitsch' (= Mr. John Hoogsteder). Sara Troost was the daughter of the painter Cornelis Troost (1696-1750) and the sister-in-law of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726 - 1798). Her oeuvre consisted mainly of portrait and genre art and her drawn portraits served as an example for etchings by contemporaries such as Reinier Vinkeles and Jacob Houbraken.
Chalk on paper, 39 x 31,2 cm.
1779
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