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Portrait of Admiral Jan van Galen (1604-1653), half-length, seated, in a black doublet with a gold sash; and Portrait of his wife, Maria van Cracau (b. 1617), half-length, seated, holding a lemon by 
																	Jan Verspronck

Jan Verspronck

( Dutch, 1597 - 1662 )

Portrait of Admiral Jan van Galen (1604-1653), half-length, seated, in a black doublet with a gold sash; and Portrait of his wife, Maria van Cracau (b. 1617), half-length, seated, holding a lemon

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LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

10.51 in. (26.70 cm.) (height) by 8.78 in. (22.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

the first signed and dated 'Joh vSpronck / ano 1651' (lower left' vS' in ligature)

Condition:

unframed

Literature:

R. Ekkart, Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck : Leven en Werken Van Een Haarlems Portretschilder Uit de 17-De Eeuw, exhibition catalogue, Haarlem, 1979, pp. 52 and 123-124, under nos. C3 and C4, as 'lost originals'.

Provenance:

In the family of the present owners since the 1950s.

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