Lot 393: Elegant Lady as Flora with black Servant

Hermann van der Myn Amsterdam 1684 - London 1741 Oil/wood, 49 x 40 cm, lo. le. sign. H: V. Myn, min. rest. - Expert report: Walther Bernt, Munich 1977. - By the flowers and fruits the figure can be interpreted as a personification of Flora or Pomona. By the distinctive features of the face it is a portrait of a specific person, and the attributes of roses and fruits serve to emphasize the lady's beatuy. - Dutch history, portrait a. still life painter, founder of an artist's dynasty. M. was pupil of the flower painter E. Stuven. After being active in Antwerp for a short time he went to Düsseldorf in 1712 to work for the elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz in Düsseldorf, among others for the decoration of his palace Gerresheim. Later he frequently moved between Antwerp, Paris, Leeuwarden a. London. - Mus.: Moskau, München, Budapest, Hamburg, Augsburg, Turin u.a. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Bernt.