Portrait of a Man leaning on a Balustrade

Ref: 2923

Portrait of a Man leaning on a Balustrade

Eglon van der Neer

Ref: 2923

Portrait of a Man leaning on a Balustrade

Eglon van der Neer

Oil on panel
21.4 x 14.8.
Signed and dated lower left: E. van der Neer. fc 16.73.
Provenance: Baron de Varange, Paris; Laneuville C.P.: Ridel, Paris, 26th May 1852, lot 29. - Hôtel des Chevau-Légers, Versailles, auctioned on 15th June 1997, lot 100 (dated 1675). - Christie's Amsterdam, auctioned on 14th November 2012, lot 86A. Acquired there by the present owner.
Literature: C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., vol. V, London, 1908, p. 542, no. 130b. - E. Schavemaker, Eglon van der Neer (1635/36-1703): De schilderijen, II, master's thesis, Utrecht 1999, no. C86. - E. Schavemaker, Eglon van der Neer (1635/36-1703). His Life and His Work, Doornspijk, 2010, p. 471, no. 53.

Eglon van der Neer

Eglon van der Neer
Eglon van der Neer (1635/36–1703) was a Dutch painter of elegant genre scenes, portraits and history subjects. Son of Aert van der Neer and pupil of Jacob van Loo, he worked in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels and Düsseldorf. Appointed court painter to the Elector Palatine, his polished interiors and fashionable figures show refined Baroque courtly taste.

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