Live Auction 3047Old Masters, 19th Century and Impressionist Art
Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)
Lot 59

Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)

Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress and ruff, holding a pair of gloves in her right hand, before a draped curtain

Closed14 May 2014

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Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress and ruff, holding a pair of gloves in her right hand, before a draped curtain
inscribed and dated 'ÆT .52. An. 1649.' (centre left)
oil on canvas
107.9 x 82.9 cm.

Sir Henry Duff Gordon, Bart:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 June 1943, lot 98, as F. Bol, where bought by Gustaaf Hamburger, Amsterdam.
Confiscated following the occupation of The Netherlands, after May 1940.
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 8 December 1942, lot 53, as 17th Century Dutch (presumably unsold).
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 16 February 1943, lot 94, as 17th Century Dutch.
Anonymous sale; Weinmüller, Munich, 14-15 June 1961, lot 901, as Aelbert Cuyp.
Anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, 12 November 1963, lot 22, as Aelbert Cuyp.
with Galerie Heinneman, Weisbaden, 1977.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 2009, lot 54, as Aelbert Cuyp.

Restituted to the heir of Gustaaf Hamburger, March 2014.

Specialist note

We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague and Dr. Léon Krempel for their assistance in identifying this painting as an early work by Nicolaes Maes, after a portrait by Jacob Gerritsz, Cuyp (1594-1651/2).

The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to a settlement agreement between the consignor and the heirs of Gustaaf Hamburger, represented by Mondex Corporation of Toronto, Canada. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.