Lot number 45 - Auction 165
PORTRAIT EINER DAME MIT SPITZENHAUBE

PAULUS MOREELSE 1571 Utrecht - 1638 ibid. PORTRAIT OF A LADY WITH A LACE BONNET Oil on oak panel. 56 x 45.5 cm (F. 77 x 67.5 cm). Verso: Old inventory number of the auction house Christie's, 'RD 155'. Part. min. old rest., part. min. old retouching, min. vertical crack due to tension. Frame. Accompanied by an expert opinion on a photographic card by P. Bijtebier, dated 25 April 1947: "Je soussigné, expert en tableaux à Bruxelles, certifie que le tableau Portrait de Dame, dont ci-contre la photographie, est une ouvre de Paul Moreelse. École hollandaise 17ème siècle. Bruxelles, 25 Avril 1947." 'I, the undersigned, expert in paintings in Brussels, certify that the painting Portrait de Dame, reproduced in the accompanying photograph, is a work by Paul Moreelse. Dutch School of the 17TH century. Brussels, 25 April 1947.' Provenance: Kunsthandel Ellermann, Wiesbaden, 2006.