Portrait of a lady, said to be Maria Simonides van Nijs (1677(?)- 1700), in a white satin dress with a blue shawl and pearl jewellery, seated with a dog near a fountain, a park landscape beyond

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Mattheus Wijtmans (Gorichem before 1650-1689 Utrecht)
Portrait of a lady, said to be Maria Simonides van Nijs (1677(?)- 1700), in a white satin dress with a blue shawl and pearl jewellery, seated with a dog near a fountain, a park landscape beyond
indistinctly signed 'M...Wij...nans' (lower left)
oil on canvas
52.5 x 43.6 cm.
a label with the presumed name of the sitter and her family on the reverse. In an elaborate carved wooden frame.

Provenance

(Probably) By descent from the sitter to her son Hendrik Wttewaal, thence by descent to the early 20th century.
Mr. Wttewaal van Stoetwegen.
Mr. Kaars Sypesteyn, Krommenie.
Anonymous sale; Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 1980s, as Caspar Netscher.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 14 May 2002, lot 41, where acquired by the present owners.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

Maria Simonides van Nijs (Utrecht 1677(?)-1700), daughter of Jan and Adriana van Hellestein was married to Aarnout Wttewaall, 'landvoogd' of the St. Jan in Utrecht.
A copy of the present portrait, dated 1881 by J. van Selm is recorded in the Iconographisch Bureau, The Hague.

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