Lot 108: Christoffel Lubienitzki (Stettin 1659-1729 Amsterdam)

Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a dark robe and a white chemise, seated on a balcony, a country house beyond; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a brown robe, a white chemise and a black wrap and headdress, seated beside an antique vase in a park landscape
indistinctly signed '..bien...ki' and inscribed 'C..'
oil on canvas
the first 76 x 63.5 cm.; the second 79.8 x 67 cm.
a pair (2)

A. Lewicka-Morawska, Slownik malarzy polskich, Warsaw, 1998, I, p. 107.

Rasleigh-Belcher family, and by descent to Dr. Rashleigh-Belcher.

Christoffel Lubienietzki was the son of a Polish nobleman, who transfered to Amsterdam. Initially he trained in Hamburg under Jurian Stuhr and later joined the workshops of Adriaen Backer and Gerard de Lairesse.

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