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Gerard van Kuijl (Gorkum 1604-1673)
Lot 64 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE NEW ENGLAND COLLECTOR

Gerard van Kuijl (Gorkum 1604-1673)

Portrait of a woman, half-length, possibly Madame de Montrouge

Closed31 October 2017

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Gerard van Kuijl (Gorkum 1604-1673)
Portrait of a woman, half-length, possibly Madame de Montrouge
signed with monogram 'GVK.F.' (upper right)
oil on panel
31 x 25 5/8 in. (78.7 x 65 cm.)

Mr. Bertholon, Lyon, by 1877.
Anonymous sale; Heritage Auctions, Dallas, 27 May 2010, lot 79008, as 'Manner of Rembrandt van Rijn', where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Though largely known today for his genre and historical subjects indebted to Caravaggio, Gerard van Kuijl was also a prolific portraitist. At some point in the second half of the 1620s he traveled to Italy via France, where he joined the Bentvueghels, a group of northern artists living in Rome, taking the nickname 'Stijgbeugel' ('stirrup'). The painting bears an early inscription on the back of the panel identifying the sitter as one 'Madame de Montrouge', suggesting it may have been painted whilst the artist was en route to or from Italy.