( Dutch, 1610 - 1668 )
The Duet: A Self Portrait Of The Artist With His Wife, Judith Leyster, Probably Their Marriage Portrait
Materials:
oil on panel
Measurements:
16.61 in. (42.20 cm.) (height) by 20.24 in. (51.40 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed lower right: IM [in ligature] MOLENAER
Exhibited:
Raleigh, N.C., North Carolina Museum of Art, Jan Miense Molenaer: Painter of the Dutch Golden Age, 13 October 2002 - 5 January 2003, no. 24;; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Judith Leyster, 1609-1660, 21 June - 29 November 2009 (as collection Eric Noah, a pseudonymous designation).
Provenance:
Richard, 2 nd Earl of Clancarty (1767-1837), Gorbally, Galway, Ireland;; Lady Katherine Anne Le Poer Trench;; Her sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1953, lot 45; ; With Arthur Tooth and Sons, London and Paris;; Lady Duke-Elder, London;; By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 1989, lot 32, reproduced in color;; Peter Eliot, New York, by 1991;; With Richard Green, London;; From whom purchased by the family of the present owner.