Lot 151: Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a gold embroidered black dress with lace cuffs and a 'molensteenkraag', holding a white glove in her right hand

Circle of Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy (Amsterdam 1588-1650)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a gold embroidered black dress with lace cuffs and a 'molensteenkraag', holding a white glove in her right hand
oil on panel
121.8 x 89.2 cm.

Purchased by the present owner in Brussels around 1985, as attributed to Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt.

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
The present composition is close to Pickenoy's work from the 1620s, as Professor R.E.O. Ekkart kindly points out (written communication, 19 March 2008).