Lot 144: HIERONYMUS VAN DER MIJ LEIDEN 1687 - 1761

AN ALLEGORICAL PORTRAIT OF THE COMPOSER ANTON WILHELM SOLNITZ

measurements note
18.8 by 15 cm.; 7 3/8 by 5 7/8 in.

signed and dated centre left: H. vand ^r/ Mij. f./ 1743 and inscribed on the reverse of the panel in an old hand: ANTONIUS WILHELM/ SOLNIZ./ PRAGENSIS.

oil on panel

PROVENANCE

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 April 1987, lot 119 (£3,800);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 1995, lot 118 (£11,000);
With Frye und Sohn, Münster, from whom bought by the Herwegs for DM. 46,000.

NOTE

Originally from Bohemia, the composer and violinist Anton Wilhelm Solnitz (or Solniz) spent the majority of his working life in the Netherlands, studying at Leiden University and performing in the pleasure gardens of The Hague and other cities throughout the Netherlands. The musical score featured in the present work is one of the two sets of six sonatas that Solnitz published. The painting was engraved by P. Tanjé bearing the legend: 'H. van der My pinx. 1743'.