Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn
Portrait of a Lady of the De Pinto Family
Oil on panel. 69 x 56 cm.
Dated and inscribed upper right: Anno. 1641./ Ætatis.23 (only visible in UV light).
A characteristic half-figure portrait of a woman by Jan van Ravesteyn, painted in 1641 and thus in his late creative phase. The sitter is a member of the de Pinto family, presumably Jewish emigrants from the Iberian Peninsula. Despite the noble simplicity of the depiction, details of the clothing, jewellery and accessories show the woman's affluence, such as the cloths layered over her chest, the rich lace trimmings, the pearl earrings, and the feather fan in her hand. There will have been a counterpart to this portrait showing the sitter's husband on the heraldic right.
Provenance
Gallery Robert Pintelon, Aalst, 1980 (exhibited at Art Fair Geneva, Geneva). - SØR Rusche Collection, Oelde. - Auctioned by Sotheby's, London, 10.5.2019, lot 257. - South German private collection.
Literature
B. Lymant: Niederländische Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Porträt, vol. 1, Liesborn 1985, pp. 28-29, m. ill. - H.-J. Raupp (ed.): Niederländische Malerei des. 17. Jahrhunderts der SØR Rusche-Sammlung, , Portraits, vol. I, Münster/Hamburg/London 1995, p. 120, no. 46, ill. m. ill. - Exhib. cat. "At Home in the Golden Age. Masterpieces From the SØR Rusche Collection", ed. by Marten Jan Bok and Jannet de Goede, Rotterdam, Kunsthal, 9.2-18.5.2008, Zwolle 2008, p. 138, no. 153, m. ill.
Exhibitions
Liesborn, Museum Abbey Liesborn, (on permanent loan). - At Home in the Golden Age. Masterpieces From the SØR Rusche Collection, Rotterdam, Kunsthal, 9.2-18.5.2008, no. 153.