Lot 389: Barend Leonardus Hendriks Dutch, 1830-1899 , A portrait of Louis Gaspard Adrien Count van Limburg Stirum (1802-1884), standing three-quarter lenght and his wife Cecilia Johanna De blocq van Scheltinga, seated three-quarter lenght oil on canvas

signed and dated l.l. B. L. Hendriks. 1873 oil on canvas

137 by 101 cm.

Provenance: Samuel John van Limburg Stirum (1832-1926)
Louis Gaspard Adrien Count van Limburg Stirum (1865-1940)
Cecile de Blocq van Scheltinga, born Countess van Limburg Stirum (1902-1953)

After serving in the army, Louis Gaspard Adrien Count van Limburg Stirum (1802-1884) became the president of the First Chamber from 1849 to 1850, then Commissioner on behalf of King William II to Groningen (1850-1854) and Royal Commissioner to Gelderland (1853-1880).

Barend Leonardus Hendriks (1830-1899) worked in Arnhem as portraitist and painter of landscapes, having visited the academies in Brussels and the Hague.