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Lot 132: Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a black costume with a white 'molensteenkraag'; and Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a black costume with a white 'molensteenkraag' and headdress

Est: €12,000 EUR - €18,000 EURSold:
Christie'sAmsterdam, NetherlandsApril 01, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Gerard van Donck (active possibly Amsterdam 1627-1640)
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a black costume with a white 'molensteenkraag'; and Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a black costume with a white 'molensteenkraag' and headdress
both inscribed with coat-of-arms of the sitter respectively and the first signed and dated 'Aetatis Suae. 57: Ao 1627. G.v.Donck' (centre right); the second signed and dated 'Aetatis Suae. 60. Ao 1627. G.v. Donck' (centre left)
oil on panel
63.5 x 48.8 cm. (2)

Artist or Maker

Provenance

With F. Goldmann, Vienna, from whom acquired by Prince Johannes I of Liechtenstein, 1816.
Gartenpalais, Vienna, before 1888.
Schloss Eisgrub, Lednice, 1895.
Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein, before 1937.

Notes

" ! " : Lot is imported from outside the EU. For each Lot the Buyer’s Premium is calculated as 37.05% of the Hammer Price up to a value of €5,000, plus 31.1% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 21.58% of any amount in excess of €400,000.

Auction Details

LIECHTENSTEIN: Property from the Collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein.

by
Christie's
April 01, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

Cornelis Schuytstraat 57, Amsterdam, 1071 JG, NL