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Lot 169SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS OF GEORGE PINTO
ATTRIBUTED TO JAN MIENSE MOLENAER (HAARLEM C. 1610-1698)
A boy and a girl playing music by candlelight
Closed17 December 2020
Price Realised
GBP 16,250
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Specialist note
This joyful picture of two young musicians bears close relation to the works of Jan Miense Molenaer (1610-1668) and his wife Judith Leyster (1609-1660), to whom it was traditionally attributed.
The present picture comes from the collection of the late banker George Pinto (1929- 2018). Pinto was an art lover and patron of the National Gallery and a trustee of the Wallace Collection. He kept a select collection of paintings he had inherited at his homes in Kent and Knightsbridge. In May 2020 the National Gallery in London acquired works through Christie’s by Jean-Etienne Liotard, Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Thomas Lawrence from the collection via the Acceptance in Lieu scheme.
The present picture comes from the collection of the late banker George Pinto (1929- 2018). Pinto was an art lover and patron of the National Gallery and a trustee of the Wallace Collection. He kept a select collection of paintings he had inherited at his homes in Kent and Knightsbridge. In May 2020 the National Gallery in London acquired works through Christie’s by Jean-Etienne Liotard, Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Thomas Lawrence from the collection via the Acceptance in Lieu scheme.