Description
After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch 1606-1669- Portrait of Baertje Martens; oil on canvas laid down on panel, 36.4 x 31.1 cm. Provenance: the collection of Sir John Savile Lumley, GCB, according to the label attached to the reverse. Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is a copy after Rembrandt's original painting from 1640 which is now in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg [ГЭ-729], and which is a companion piece to the artist's portrait of Herman Doomer, now held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York [29.100.1]. Sir John Savile Lumley (1818-1896), 1st Baron Savile, was a British diplomat who held office in Berlin, Washington, Constantinople, Madrid, and St Petersburg, amongst other locations.
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