Lot 22: Cornelis van der Voort (Antwerp 1576-1624 Amsterdam) Portrait of a young lady, a member of the van der Graeff family, most probably Alida (1592-1673),

Portrait of a young lady, a member of the van der Graeff family, most probably Alida (1592-1673), half-length, in a black silk dress embroidered with gold and a white lace ruff and headdress
inscribed and dated 'AEtatis 26../Ao 1618' and with the sitter's coat-of-arms (upper right)
oil on canvas
78.5 x 66.5cm (30 7/8 x 26 3/16in).

PROVENANCE:
The Cottage, Isfield, Uckfield Sussex
Sale, Phillips, 13 and 14 September 1988, lot 621
Grimshaw Hall, Knowle
With Luigi Caretto, Turin, 2000

The sitter is most probably Alida, the daughter of Arent Jacobsz. van der Graeff, a member of the wealthy brewing family and a powerful member of the ruling élite of Delft. In 1618, the same year as the present portrait, Arent Jacobsz. and his wife, Sara, sat to Michiel van Mierevelt and these portraits can now be found in the Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft.