Portrait of a young lady, half-length, holding a feather

Details

Samuel Hofmann (Zurich 1595-1649 Frankfurt)
Portrait of a young lady, half-length, holding a feather
signed 'Hoffman . fec' (upper right)
oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 32 in. (100 x 81.6 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner by 1967.

Literature

I. Schlégl, 'Samuel Hofmann, ein Schweizer Maler in den Niederlanden', Bullitin van het Rijksmuseum, XV, 1967, pp. 10-11, fig. 8.
I. Schlégl, Samuel Hofmann (um 1595-1649), Munich, 1980, p. 113, no. 43.

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Lot Essay

Schlégl dates the portrait by the sitter's costume to circa 1636 (op.cit., 1980). He notes similarities with the composition of 1625 of the portraits of Philips Ram and his wife (see C. de Jonge, Paulus Moreelse, Assen, 1937, figs. 61 and 62).

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