Lot 67: Melchior Brassauw (Mechelen 1709-after 1757 Antwerp)

Melchior Brassauw (Mechelen 1709-after 1757 Antwerp)
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a pastoral dress with a feathered hat; and Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a fur-trimmed black coat and feathered hat
the first indistinctly signed 'M...Pinx:' (upper right); the second signed 'Melchior: Brassauw: pinx:' (upper left)
oil on panel
19.4 x 16.9 cm.
a pair (2)

Executors of the late Sidney Hand; Christie's, London, 5 December 1952, lot 88, (£29.8.0 to Van de Kar).
with Nijstad, The Hague, 1953.

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