Live Auction 2862Old Masters and 19th Century Art
Abraham de Vries (The Hague/Rotterdam c. 1590-c.1650/62 The Hague)
Lot 34

Abraham de Vries (The Hague/Rotterdam c. 1590-c.1650/62 The Hague)

Portrait of an elegant lady, half-lenght, said to be Erminia van Beresteyn (1544-1625), in a black dress with fur jacket, a 'molensteen kraag' and white headdress

Closed11 May 2011

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Abraham de Vries (The Hague/Rotterdam c. 1590-c.1650/62 The Hague)
Portrait of an elegant lady, half-lenght, said to be Erminia van Beresteyn (1544-1625), in a black dress with fur jacket, a 'molensteen kraag' and white headdress
with the coat of arms of the Gael and Beresteyn family (upper right); and inscribed with the name of the sitter 'Emmerensia van Berestein huijsvrouwe van Johan Gael Burgemeester der Stad Haarlem. Obiit 14 Novr 1625.' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
73.2 x 60.5 cm.
with four black wax seals (on the reverse)

Mrs. J.C. Gael; by descent to W.A.J. Stratenus, The Hague, 1872.
D.C.M. Roell-van Benthem van den Bergh, Amsterdam, 1952.

Specialist note

It has been suggested that the sitter could be Emerentia van Beresteyn (1611-?), since Erminia must have been older by the time Abraham de Vries depicted her.