Lot 140: ATTRIBUTED TO HARMEN SERIN (ANTWERP 1677-CIRCA 1754 THE HAGUE) - Portrait of Isaac Scheltus, half-length, in brown and gold costume;

ATTRIBUTED TO HARMEN SERIN (ANTWERP 1677-CIRCA 1754 THE HAGUE)
Portrait of Isaac Scheltus, half-length, in brown and gold costume;
and Portrait of his wife, Maria Moll, half-length, in a red dress
former bears coat-of-arms (upper left) and latter bears coat-of-arms
(upper right)
a pair, oil on canvas, corners made up 78.3 x 60.1cm (30 13/16 x 23 11/16in). (2)

Provenance:
Sale, O. Rundle Gilbert, New York, 16 December 1942, lots 7 and 15
According to an inscription on the reverse of each portrait, possibly
transcribed from the original canvases, Isaac (1691-1749) and Maria
(1694-1742) were married on 26 July 1717 and it is possible that
these works were painted to celebrate this union.