Lot 152: Jan Albertsz. Rootius (Medemblik 1615-1674 Hoorn)

Jan Albertsz. Rootius (Medemblik 1615-1674 Hoorn)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with lace-edged collar and cuffs, a black cap, a jewelled pendant brooch, holding a time-piece in her right hand, by a draped table
inscribed and dated 'AEtatis.suae.32.1653.' and indistinctly signed '...fec.' (upper right)
oil on canvas
45½ x 35 1/8 in. (115.5 x 89.2 cm.)

C. Anson, A Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of The Viscount Cowdray, London, 1971, p. 1, no. 3, plate 16 (in the Vestibule).

R. Prioleau Roupell.
Acquired from Leggatt Brothers, London, in 1931, by Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray.

Jan Albertsz. Rootius (Medemblik 1615-1674 Hoorn)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with lace-edged collar and cuffs, a black cap, a jewelled pendant brooch, holding a time-piece in her right hand, by a draped table
inscribed and dated 'AEtatis.suae.32.1653.' and indistinctly signed '...fec.' (upper right)
oil on canvas
45½ x 35 1/8 in. (115.5 x 89.2 cm.)