Portrait of Petronella Dunois

Portrait of Petronella Dunois

SK-A-4889

signature: ‘Maes’

Petronella Dunois meticulously assembled the dolls’ house displayed here at the right. She commissioned various craftsmen to create each component. When she wed Pieter Groenendijk, her dolls’ house was one of the most valuable possessions she brought into the marriage, alongside customary assets such as securities and an impressive amount of linen

painter: Nicolaes Maes

1677 - 1685

olieverf op doek

height 69.2 cm x width 57.8 cm

Purchased with the support of the VSBfonds

purchase 1994-01-12

Public domain

See the provenance for SK-A-4888.

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