Featured Artist identifcation

Hello,

Please can anybody identify the artist of this 16th/17th century dutch portrait of a woman (35x31 cm)?
I fail to find an exact image match of this painting using Google reverse image searches (tried with various sections of the painting as well). However, from the closest matches to paintings of similar style the following artists' names often show up:

1. Michiel (Jansz.) van Mierevelt (1567 - 1641)
2. Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn (1572 - 1657)
3. Paulus Moreelse (1571 - 1638)


Thank you,
Ananth

 

Welcome, Ananth. Just to see what results I would get, I also Google lensed it. One result was for beading instructions for making something like the necklace on this lady, who they say is by Rembrandt:



She also has one of those rosette-like things at the waist.

 

The sitter in your painting has a similar look as the sitter(s) used by Paulus Moreelse ...

 

Welcome Ananth ! Very lovely painting.

 

It is excellent!

 

Why don't you tell us more, @Ananth ? In what part of the world did you find your painting? And what do you know about it? Would/could you post photographs of the entire work including frame from both the front and back?

Debora

 

Ooops, a correction ...
https://www.argento.gallery/paintings/isabella-van-egmond-van-der-nijenburg
Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn ... for the top right image.

 

Hi all, thank you very much for your replies.

I am in England, UK and purchased this painting a few months ago.
I believe it is on canvas.

I don't know much about its history. I am curious in knowing the painter and the identity of the sitter, although I have not been able to find an entry in any public catalogue. ChatGPT has been of little help on this.

These are images of front and back of the painting with its wooden frame.

Thank you for your help.
-Ananth

 

i also find it very Rembrandt looking / style......especially that face

 

A beautiful portrait, Ananth, and welcome.
Is the photo of the back of the actual back of the painting? Or is it a hardboard panel behind the painting. Alternatively the canvas could be glued to hardboard, which would be unusual.

Yes she is by Rembrandt, the full-size and life-size portrait of Oopjen Coppit, which together with that of her husband is co-owned by the governments of the Netherlands and France. The portraits were painted early on in his career, so not as 'impressionist' as you would expect from Rembrandt.

One note on jewellery on Rembrandt paintings: he often made them up, so they are not always a correct representation of 17th century jewellery. The rosettes were correct, an alternative for opulent jewellery, which was frowned upon in the Protestant Republic.

On details, what happened to the lower right hand corner of this lady's lace bib?

 

It could have been in a unknown private collection for centuries. It happens occasionally. Do you have any information on its provenance? Is it possible to ask the seller?

I don't think ChatGPT is a registered art historian. It is known for giving wrong information though, so maybe you should be glad it was of no help.

 

This is the actual back of the painting, there is nothing else covering it. To the touch it feels like a hardboard. I have not removed the nails holding it, so I do not know if the canvas is glued to any board.

Although it looks like the lower righthand corner of the lace bib is missing, there is no missing paint that I can see.

Unfortunately the seller did not have any details on the provenance.

 

If I were you I'd ask a Dutch museum, the painting is worth it.
Here is contact info for the Rijksmuseum:

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/footer/contact

I have found that not all departments of the Rijksmuseum reply, even though they are largely funded with public money.
If they don't reply, you can try the Mauritshuis, a smaller museum with an impressive Dutch 'Golden Age' collection:

https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/contact

If you do contact them, will you let us know what they say?

 

But certainly that back board isn't period? It looks to be composite.

Debora

 

could have been reinforced,.....it is stunning

 

No, that is impossible. She also looks like she was cut from a bigger painting, which was likely signed.
Antique paintings have a history, and not always a considerate one.

Agree.

 

Thank you very much for your suggestions. I will write to them and yes, I will post their reply here.

 

that hanger doesn't look old.......and has been painted over......???

 

Don't want to sound like a broken record but... This is another good example of why it's important to have photographs of paintings in their frames from both front and back in initial posts. Too often we're asked to opine without having full visual information. (And I'm speaking generally. This is no reflection on @Ananth who is a new member.)

Debora