Portrait of a Girl is a circa 1632 portrait painting formerly attributed to Rembrandt. It shows a woman with a millstone collar and diadem cap. It was sold on 24 August 2024 for USD 1,468,750 in Thomaston, Maine, near where it had been stored since 1970 in the collection of Cary W. Bok.[1] It had been in the collection of Abraham Bredius who lent it for several years to the Mauritshuis, but it landed up in the Philadelphia collection of Mrs. Zimbalist, who in turn left it to her son Cary W. Bok, who outlived his mother by less than a year.
| Portrait of a Girl | |
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| Portrait of a girl in a millstone collar | |
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| Artist | Unknown  |
| Year | c. 1632 |
| Dimensions | 56.4 cm (22.2 in) × 41.5 cm (16.3 in) |
| Location | P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Mauritshuis |
| Owner | Abraham Bredius, Mary Louise Curtis |
| Collection | Mauritshuis |
Description
Several portraits of women of 17th-century Amsterdam have survived. Some are pendants and others are individual portraits. This painting has been attributed to Rembrandt since the 19th-century, but the name of the sitter is unknown. This painting came into the American collection possibly through Mrs. Zimbalist's first husband Edward Bok, who was Dutch and also owned a portrait by Frans Hals.
This painting was documented as a Rembrandt in 1914 by Hofstede de Groot, who wrote:
853. A YOUNG GIRL. B.-HdG. 52.- About seventeen. Halflength, without hands ; a little under life size. She sits, inclined to the left, with her face to the front. She wears a close-fitting black dress, a narrow white ruff, and a white cap covering her smooth light brown hair. She has brown eyes and a fresh complexion. Light grey background. The light falls full from the left. Painted about 1630-31. The sitter appears to be the same as in 847 (Simon, Berlin).
Signed to the right at top with the monogram, "R" (the lower bar of the L is erased); oak panel, 22 1/2 inches by 17 1/2 inches.
In the possession of M. H. Colnaghi, London, 1893, when it was regarded by dealers as an Aelbert Cuyp.
In the collection of A. Bredius, The Hague ; exhibited on loan since 1893 in the Royal Gallery, The Hague, 1914 catalogue, No. 577.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Portrait of a Girl after Rembrandt, 24 August 2024, by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
- ^ Cat. nr. 577 in the "Abridged catalogue of the pictures and sculpture in the Royal Picture Gallery (Mauritshuis) the Hague", 1910, page 71
- ^ 853. A Young Girl" in Hofstede de Groot, Rembrandt, 1914, page 390
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- ‘Portrait Of A Girl,’ After Rembrandt, Soars To $1.4 Million At Thomaston Place, 26 August 2024, in the "Antiques and the Arts" website