Gerard Dou

Portrait of a Lady, Seated with a Music Book on Her Lap



Gerard Dou - Portrait of a Lady, Seated with a Music Book on Her Lap



Gerard Dou
Portrait of a Lady, Seated with a Music Book on Her Lap
c. 1640-44
27.2 x 20 cm
Oil on panel
Signed in dark paint along book edge, lower right: GDov (GD in ligature)
The Leiden Collection, New York


Provenance

Sale, D. de Jongh, Rotterdam, 26 March 1810, nr. 28 (to Le Brun for 505 f.)
sale, Lebrun, Paris, 16 April 1811, nr. 112 (to Ballatre for 1450 frs.)
Sir George Hunter Donaldson (1845–1925), London, until 1911
with Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris, 1911
with Duits & Co., Ltd., London, by 1948, to Mr. R. A. Constantine, February 1948
Mr. R. A. Constantine, Yorkshire, until after 1960
with Martin B. Ascher, London, before 1970
sale, Christie’s, London, 14 May 1971, nr. 129, for 7500 gns., to A. Brod
with Alfred Brod Gallery, London
private collection, Germany
with Charles Roelofsz, Amsterdam, 1982
with Kunstandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1983
with French & Company, New York, 1983–85
H.L. de Villeneuve, by 1985 until 2009
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2009
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External links

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number GD-116

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Gerard Dou Portrait of Dirck van Beresteyn
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c. 1652

Gerard Dou Portrait of a Gentleman with a Walking Stick
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Gerard Dou Scholar Sharpening His Quill
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Gerard Dou The Beggar
The Beggar
1654

Attributed to Gerard Dou Bust of an Old Man
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