Lot 307: Jacob van Loo Sluis near Bruges 1614 - 1670 Paris , Portrait of a Lady

oil on canvas

measurements note 47 3/4 by 38 3/8 in.; 121.3 by 97.4 cm.

With J. Vuijck, Paris, 1939 (as Van der Helst);
Mrs. Sigrid Bishop, London (from an old label affixed to the stretcher).

We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague for identifying this portrait to be a work by Jacob van Loo and datable to circa 1655-60. He notes that the still life of roses on the table is very close in style and handling to Simon Luttichuys (London 1610-1661 Amsterdam) and may well be by him.