Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman

SK-A-4053

Portret van een vrouw. Buste naar links, in zwart kostuum met zwart kapje en plooikraag.

signature and date, centre right (no longer visible): ‘A. de Vries ... 16[42]’

painter: Abraham de Vries (signed by artist)

c. 1642

oil on panel

• support: height 68.5 cm x width 58 cm
• outer size: depth 6.7 cm (support incl. frame)

Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

bequest 1960

Public domain

…; purchased from the dealer Frederik Muller, Paris, by Isaac de Bruijn (1872-1953), through the mediation of Dr F. Schmidt-Degener, 1932; bequeathed by Isaac de Bruijn and his wife, Johanna Geertruida van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Spiez and Muri, near Bern, to the museum, 1961

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