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Johann Baptist Closterman

( German, 1660 - 1713 )

Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a brown brocade mantle and a white lace jabot; and Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a purple silk dress

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Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

28.94 in. (73.50 cm.) (height) by 24.41 in. (62.00 cm.) (width)

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Markings:

both bear signature and date 'John Closterman/1682' (on reverse, presumably transferred from original canvas)

Literature:

~M. Rogers, John and John Baptiste Closterman: A catalogue of their works, in 'Walpole Society', vol. 49 (1983), pp. 265, 268, ill. 11, 12.~E. Waterhouse, The Dictionary of 16th & 17th Century British Painters, London, 1988, ill. p. 50 (male portrait only)

Provenance:

~With Mrs. Lindsay-White, 1969 (according to a label on the reverse) ~Sale, Christie's London, 4 December 1970, lot 170 (as signed and dated on the reverse)~

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