Lot 170: Jan de Bray (c.1626-1697)

A young girl looking at her reflection in a mirror held by a page signed and dated 'JdBray. 165[8]' black and red chalk, watermark foolscap, the sheet extended at the foot 61/4 x 51/2 in. (161 x 141 mm.) without the extension PROVENANCE C. Ploos van Amstel (according to J.W. von Moltke). I.F. Tuffen (L. 2408b), with inscription 'Tuffin March 1. 1821 39' (possibly the drawing mentioned by Lugt); Sotheby's London, 1-6 March 1821, possibly lot 39. Herman de Kat; Rotterdam, 4 March 1867, lot 61. N.D. Goldsmid (L. 1962); Paris, 25 April 1876, lot 28. Dr. N. Beets, Amsterdam. LITERATURE J.W. von Moltke, 'J. de Bray', Marburger Jahrbuch fr Kunst Wissenschaft, 1938/9, p. 511, no. Z171, fig. 77. NOTES The girl is probably the same model as in a drawing dated 1663 also from Ploos van Amstel's Collection (J.W. von Moltke, op. cit., no. Z125, fig. 70). The boy is found in a picture of 1658 now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (J.W. von Moltke, op. cit., no. 169, fig. 6).