Property from the Collection of Dr. Hinrich Bischoff
Jan Mytens
Portrait of Johannes Cunaeus and his son Philippus Cunaeus; Portrait of Susanna Calendrini and her daughter Maria Cunaeus
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Dr. Hinrich Bischoff
Jan Mytens
The Hague 1614 - 1670
Portrait of Johannes Cunaeus and his son Philippus Cunaeus;
Portrait of Susanna Calendrini and her daughter Maria Cunaeus
the male portrait signed and dated lower right: A° 1663. / JANMÿtens F:
the female portrait signed and dated upper right: A° 1662 / JANMÿtens F:
oil on canvas, a pair
each canvas: 42 ¼ by 34 ¼ in.; 107.3 by 87.0 cm
each framed: 52 ⅛ by 44 ⅛ in.; 132.4 by 112.1 cm
By descent in the sitters' family to P.E. Cunaeus, Leiden, by 1897;
J. Strak, The Hague;
Thence by inheritance to Mrs. Van Stralen-de Fremery, The Hague, by 1908;
Thence by inheritance Edmund van Stralen Claxton (1925–2011), Lancaster, Pennsylvania;
By whom anonymously sold, New York, Sotheby’s, 12 January 1995, lot 80;
With Colnaghi, London, 1995;
Dr. Hinrich Bischoff, by 2006;
Thence by inheritance.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Mit Kind und Kegel: Familienbilder vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 28 January – 26 March 2006;
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Sonntag des Lebens, Lifestyle im Barock, 13 July 2018 – 30 June 2019;
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, long-term loan, 2006–2024 (inv. nos. Dep. 829/830).
E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava, vol. I, Amsterdam 1897, pp. 156, 213, cat. nos. 1370 and 1856.1;
C. Speelman, Journaal der reis van den gezant der O.T. compagnie Joan Cunaeus naar Perzië in 1651-1652, Amsterdam 1908 p. 429;
D.J. Noordam, Geringde buffels en heren van stand, Het patriciaat van Leiden, 1574-1700, Hilversum 1994, pp. 56-58, reproduced;
P.C. Molhuysen and P.J. Blok (eds.), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, Leiden 1911, p. 658;
P. Noelke et. al., Mit Kind und Kegel: Familienbilder vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, exhibition catalogue, Cologne 2006, pp. 8-9, reproduced;
A.N. Bauer, Jan Mijtens (1613/14-1670): Leben und Werk, Petersberg 2006, pp. 48, 226-227, 400, cat. nos. A 103, A 104, reproduced plates XIV, XV;
E. de Groot, "The Dutch embassy to Isfahan (Persia) in 1651-52 led by Johannes Cunaeus: A New Interpretation of Weenix's Monumental History Painting," in Rijksmuseum Bulletin 57, no. 4 (2009), pp. 320-321, reproduced figs. 5, 6;
Baroque, Das Magazin für barockes Lebensgefühl 1 (2018), pp. 16, 21, reproduced.
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