Lot 54: Michiel van Mierevelt (Delft 1566-1641)

Michiel van Mierevelt (Delft 1566-1641) >Portrait of Jan van der Haer (1573-1646), half-length, in a black cape over a doublet, and a lace ruff; and Portrait of Maria van Kinschot (1589-1648), half-length, in a black lace-trimmed dress with a flat lace-trimmed collar and three strings of pearls<br>the first signed, dated and inscribed with the sitter's age 'AEtatis, 62. .° 1635 : Miereveld' (centre right); the second signed, dated and inscribed 'Etatis, 48 A.° 1635 , Miere' (centre right) >oil on panel <br>71.6 x 55.4 cm.; and 70.5 x 59.8 cm. >both with the sitters' coats-of-arms (upper left and upper right respectively)<br>a pair (2)

The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, 1927. >Leek, on loan to the Rijtuigmuseum, 1967-2002.

E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava, Amsterdam, 1897, nos. 3066 and 4203.

J.H. Boelens van der Haer, The Hague; His sale, Notarishuis, Rotterdam, 25 April 1892, lot 3 (?) and lot 4 (Dfl. 710,-), where probably acquired by Onno Joost van der Haer. >Laurence Emilie van der Haer -Dutilh, by 1936; thence by descent to the present owners.