Caspar Netscher: Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland
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Artist |
Caspar Netscher (circa 1639 date QS:P,+1639–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 –1684) |
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Alternative names |
Gaspar Netscher, Gaspard Netscher |
Description |
German-Dutch painter, drawer, printmaker and miniaturist |
Date of birth/death |
circa 1639 date QS:P,+1639-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
15 January 1684  |
Location of birth/death |
Heidelberg or Prague |
The Hague  |
Work period |
from 1642 until 1684 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1642-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1684-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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creator QS:P170,Q217715 |  |
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Title |
Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland label QS:Len,"Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland" |
Object type |
painting  |
Genre |
portrait  |
Depicted people |
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland  |
Date |
1669  |
Medium |
oil on panel  |
Dimensions |
height: 29.2 cm (11.4 in) ; width: 23.7 cm (9.3 in)  dimensions QS:P2048,+29.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+23.7U174728 |
Collection |
Private collection institution QS:P195,somevalue,P3831,Q768717
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Current location |
Unidentified location
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Location |
17th-century portrait paintings of women, with Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or Unknown Unknown location
label QS:Len,"Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or UnknownUnknown location" . |
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Object history |
Provenance:
- François Tronchin, Bessinge, 1780; his sale, Boileau, Paris, 23 March 1801, lot 124 (500 francs to Gauthier);
- by descent to Jean-Louis Robert Tronchin, 1938.
- Purchased from the estate of Tronchin by Xavier Givaudan, 1938;
- by descent to Léon Givaudan, Geneva, 1974.
- with J. van Haeften, London, by 1983, where probably bought by the present owner.
- Auction: Christie's, Live Auction 2829, Amsterdam, 12 October 2009, Old Master and 19th Century Art, lot 19 (auctioned as "Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, three-quarter-length, in a silver dress" by Caspar Netscher)
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Exhibition history |
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, De Genève à L'Ermitage. Les collections de François Tronchin, 21 June-15 September 1974, no. 174. |
Inscriptions |
signed and dated 'C. Netscher. Fec 1669.' (strengthened, lower right) |
References |
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Source/Photographer |
Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5247608 |