Live Auction 3003Old Masters and 19th Century Art
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (Delft 1566-1641)
Lot 68

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (Delft 1566-1641)

Portrait of Agatha de Vlaming van Oudtshoorn (1619-1675), half-length, in an embroidered black dress with red and silver silk decorations, with a white lace collar and cuffs, a pearl necklace and a jewelled tiara

Closed8 May 2012

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Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (Delft 1566-1641)
Portrait of Agatha de Vlaming van Oudtshoorn (1619-1675), half-length, in an embroidered black dress with red and silver silk decorations, with a white lace collar and cuffs, a pearl necklace and a jewelled tiara
inscribed with the sitter's age, dated and signed 'AEtatis · 21· A°.1640. M. Miereveld.' (AE linked, centre right)
oil on panel
71.4 x 60.1 cm.

(Possibly) commissioned by Roeloff Bicker and Agatha de Vlaming van Oudtshoorn, 1640; by descent to their son Jacob Bicker (1643-1714); by descent to his daughter Adriana de Marez-Bicker (1672-1715); by descent to her son Jan Gerard de Marez; by descent to his daughter Petronella Adriana van Zuylen-de Marez; by descent to her son Jeronimo de Marez van Zuylen (1761-1788); by descent to his daughter Petronella Adriana Oyens-de Marez van Zuylen (1784-1826); by descent to her daughter Henriette Waller-Oyens (1808-1877); by descent to her son Joannes Deodatus Waller (1844-1921); Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 27 May 1924, lot 39 (sold together with the portrait of Roelof Bicker by Bartholomeus van der Helst for Dfl. 2900); where acquired by his daughter M. Waller-de Haan (1882-1959); by descent to her nephew Arnoud Waller (1917-1989), and by descent to the present family member.

Specialist note

The portrait of Agatha de Vlaming van Oudtshoorn was most likely commissioned as a wedding portrait when she married the Amsterdam Alderman Roeloff Bicker (1611-1656) in 1639. Shortly after Roeloffs death Agatha married Jacob Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1608-1677), who was Burgomaster of Zutphen.