Lot 80: Frans van Mieris II (1689-1763)

Portrait of Pieter de la Court (1722-1775), small three-quarter-length, on a balcony, in a gold-embroidered oyster-grey jacket and a blue waistocat, his cane in his hand, and of his wife, Geertruida Jacoba de Bye (b. 1725) small three-quarter-length, seated, in a light blue dress, an African grey parrot perched on her hand, a landscape beyond signed and dated 'F.V.Mieris Fec. A. 1750.' (on the balcony, lower left) oil on panel 41.4 x 34.1 cm. PROVENANCE P.H. de la Court (label on the reverse). Dr. A. van der Burgh; sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 21 September 1704, lot 101 (fl. 220). Anon. Sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 28 November 1906, lot 289. Maarten Maartenshuis, Doorn, 1969. Anon. Sale, Van Marle & Bignell, The Hague, 11 June 1974, lot 292 (fl. 4000). LITERATURE A. Wrzbach, Niederl„ndisches Knstlerlexikon auf Grund Archivalischer Forschungen, 1910, II, p. 167. J.H. Kempkamp, "De familieportretten uit de collectie De La Court", Dancwerc, Opstellen aangeboden aan Professor Dr. Th. Enklaar, 1959, p. 304. NOTES The sitter was the son of Allard and Catharina Backer and married Geertruida Jacoba de Bye in 1748.