Property of a Deceased's Estate
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Elegant company playing cards in an interior, with a half-draped painting of Venus and Cupid and a portrait of a lady on the wall
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December 6, 06:47 PM GMT
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100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Property of a Deceased's Estate
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Amsterdam 1621–1674
Elegant company playing cards in an interior, with a half-draped painting of Venus and Cupid and a portrait of a lady on the wall
signed and dated lower right: G. v. Eeckhout f / Ao 1652 oil on canvas
unframed: 51.5 x 61.5 cm.; 20¼ x 24¼ in.
framed: 72 x 81 cm; 28⅜ x 31⅞ in.
Possibly anonymous sale, London, Langford, 8–9 March 1776, lot 6 (as 'G. Van Eckhout. Card players. A lady engaged in the game seems to ask council of a cavalier who is near her. The other parts are in shadow, and give relief and lustre to the piece, which is highly finished');
Private collection, London, by 1997;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 7 July 2000, lot 13;
With Johnny van Haeften, London, 2002.
London, Johnny van Haeften, Dutch and Flemish Paintings, 2002, no. 13
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