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Michiel van Mierevelt (Delft 1567-1641)
Lot 138 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Michiel van Mierevelt (Delft 1567-1641)

Portrait of Nicolaes Gael (1565-1638), three-quarter length, standing by a table with a book

Closed5 July 2019

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GBP 20,000

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Michiel van Mierevelt (Delft 1567-1641)
Portrait of Nicolaes Gael (1565-1638), three-quarter length, standing by a table with a book
inscribed, dated and signed 'Ætatis 54 / A. 1619. / M: Miereveld. / Fecit' (centre left)
oil on panel
43 ¼ x 29 3/8 in. (109.8 x 74.6 cm.)
with the sitter's family coat-of-arms (upper left)

Dorothea Christina Minette Roëll van Benthem van den Bergh (1875-1956), Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 18 June 1957 (=1st day), lot 72, sold as a pair with its pendant Portrait of Maria Mollen.
Private collection, Amsterdam, by 1985, and by descent to the present owner.