Lot 282: Circle of Roelof Koets II (Zwolle before 1650-1725)

Circle of Roelof Koets II (Zwolle before 1650-1725)
Portrait of Laes van Burmania, three-quarter-length, in a 'Japansche rok', seated on a red chair in an interior; and Portrait of Juliana Agatha van Aylva, three-quarter-length, in a white silk dress with a yellow wrap, standing near a fountain in a park landscape
inscribed with the sitters' names on the reverse
oil on canvas
34.5 x 40.5 cm.
a pair (2)

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This pair of portraits appears to copy a set by Koets in the Fries Museum, Leeuwarden.
Laes van Burmania (1638-1691) made a trip to Madrid together with his brother-in-law, Philips van Humalda, who became ambassador of Spain extra ordinair in 1661 or 1662. In 1668 the sitter became a member of Gedeputeerde Staten. With his wife Juliana Agatha van Aylva, he lived on Martena State in Kornjum.