Lot 174: Willem van Vliet (Delft c. 1584 - 1642)

Portrait of an eleven-year-old boy, inscribed, signed and dated right of centre Aeta: 11 ano 1634 w. van der vliet fecit, oil on panel, 109x 82 cm, framed, (Wo)

Willem van Vliet was the teacher of his nephew Hendrik van Vliet, a painter of church interiors. He worked in the manner of Michiel van Mierevelt and J. A. Ravesteyn and used an exquisite and delicate palette.