Live Auction 2829Old Master and 19th Century Art
Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg 1639-1684 The Hague)
Lot 19

Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg 1639-1684 The Hague)

Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, three-quarter-length, in a silver dress

Closed13 October 2009

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EUR 27,400

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Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg 1639-1684 The Hague)
Portrait of a lady, said to be Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, three-quarter-length, in a silver dress
signed and dated 'C. Netscher. Fec 1669.' (strengthened, lower right)
oil on panel
29.2 x 23.7 cm.
with a red wax seal on the reverse, possibly of the arms of François Tronchin

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.

Specialist note

The sitter has traditionally been identified as Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709), the mistress of Charles II.