SOTHEBY’S. Amsterdam, 5 maggio 2009
La vendita ha totalizzato 1,904,750 euro. Il lotto che hya raggiunto il prezzo più alto è stato il numero 38 che, partendo da una stima di 80-120.000 euro,è stato aggiudicato a 360,750 euro:
WILLEM WILLEMSZ. VAN DER VLIET
DELFT 1584 – 1642
A PORTRAIT OF WILLEM REYERSZ. DE LANGUE (1599-1656), STANDING THREE-QUARTER LENGTH, HOLDING GLOVES IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND NOTARY PAPERS IN HIS LEFT, WEARING A BLACK SUIT WITH A BLACK HAT, NEXT TO A TABLE;
A PORTRAIT OF HIS WIFE MARIA PIJNACKER (1599-1678), STANDING THREE-QUARTER LENGTH, WEARING A BLACK DRESS WITH WHITE CUFFS, COLLAR AND HEADDRESS, STANDING NEXT TO A TABLE WITH A BIBLE, HOLDING GLOVES
each: approx. 113.2 x 86.3 cm.
a pair, both signed, dated and inscribed with the age of the sitters centre left, the former: Ætatis. 27. an° 1626/ w. vander.vliet. fe:, the latter: Ætatis: 27. an° 1626./ w. vander. vliet. fecit
both charged with the coat-of-arms of the sitters, the former upper right, the latter upper left
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