Caspar Netscher (Nachfolge)

Caspar Netscher (successor) (1639 Heidelberg - The Hague 1684) - Portrait of a distinguished lady against a park backdrop at dusk. Oil on canvas, relined. (c. 1690). 155.3 x 125 cm. Inscribed verso at top of stretcher "Schloßs II. weil K. Mutter Speisezimm/ rechts Wand. Mitte" and numbered "120" in white chalk. Framed. The painting was formerly auctioned as "in the manner of Nicolas de Largillière (1656 - Paris - 1746)" (see RKD ill. no. 1032058). The painter is presumably a successor to the court painter Caspar Netscher, who worked for the House of Wittelsbach. We would like to thank Sabine van Beek, RKD, The Hague, for kind information regarding the cataloging of this lot (e-mail dated 8.4.2024). Provenance: Wittelsbach property, Schleißheim Palace II; Probably so-called "Schleißheim sale", 1852, from the depots of the Royal Central Painting Gallery; Internationales Kunst- und Auktions-Haus, Berlin, auction, 12.3.1935, lot 95 (as 'Art des Largillière'), plate 14; Private property, Hesse. Taxation: differential taxation (VAT: Margin Scheme)