Lot 65: CAREL DE MOOR (DUTCH, 1656-1738)

A young lady in white dress with frilled border, clasping a gold and blue embroidered cloak to her chest fastened with a gold chain, her fair hair dressed in curls
signed 'C.D MOOR' (mid-left)
oil on copper
oval, 3 15/16 in. (100 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount

Christie's, London, 29 November 1977, lot 26.

Carel de Moor was a member of the fijnschilders (fine painters), a group of Leiden artists, led by Gerrit Dou, who produced highly finished, almost polished, paintings. Carel de Moor worked under the instruction of Dou, Frans van Mieris the Elder and Godfried Schalcken.

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