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Constantijn Netscher

Portrait of a lady, believed to be Elisabeth Noel, wife of Henry Bentinck, 2nd Earl of Portland, 1718 gedateerd
Sotheby's (Amsterdam (city)) 2001-11-06, nr. 39
Object information
Object category
painting
Physical connection
Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

pendant (companion piece)

Support/medium
canvas, oil paint
Shape/dimensions
rectangle (portrait format) 63 x 51 cm
Signature/inscription
Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work
Current attribution
Constantijn Netscher
Date
Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.
dated 1718 (1718)
Represented
IB number
Number related to the portrait iconography collection RKD.
117521
Identification based on
achterschrift; herkomst
Notes portrait
Rechtsboven gesigneerd en gedateerd: Conftie:Netfcher 1718Opschrift in dorso met naam voorgestelde.Herkomst: coll. Arthur Gevers, Rotterdam (volgens opschr. op spieraam); veiling Amsterdam (Sotheby's) 6-11-2001, nr.39 met kleurafb. (met pendant; met herk.).Literatuur: D. Ommekink, 'Het fortuin van Henry Bentinck, eerste hertog van Portland', Virtus. Jaarboek voor adelsgeschiedenis 11 (2004), p. 54-72, i.h.b. afb. op p. 60 (als portret van Elizabeth Noel)Rechter arm rustend op verhoging, linker hand aan het op haar schootliggende hondje, gepoederd haar; roodbruine japon over wit onderhemd met kanten mouwlubben en kant langs decollete, groene draperie over rechter arm en over de benen; juwelen spelden op keurs en mouw. Op de achtergrond een heuvelachtig landschap met bomen.
Provenance
Visual documentation
Creation date: 2009-03-11; Last modified date: 2021-02-16

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