Lot 40: Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, wearing a black costume with a white collar and a black beret; and Portrait of his wife, half-length, wearing a black dress with a white lace collar, cuffs and a bonnet

Ludolf de Jongh (Rotterdam 1616-1679) Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, wearing a black costume with a white collar and a black beret; and Portrait of his wife, half-length, wearing a black dress with a white lace collar, cuffs and a bonnet the first signed and dated 'L D. Jongh / A 1661' (upper right) oil on canvas 74 x 59.3 cm.; and 73.5 x 59.8 cm. (2)a pair

74 x 59.3 cm.

Amsterdam, A. Mak, Tentoonstelling Collectie Kunsthandel D. Komter, September 1924, nos. 64 and 65. Lemgo, Schloss Brake, Weserrenaissance Museum, Portraits Niederl?ndische Malerei des 17. Jarhunderts, March-September 1996. Liesborn, Museum Abtei Liesborn, 1996-2002, on loan by SØR Rusche.

H.-J. Raupp, Portraits: Niederl?ndische Malerei des 17. Jarhunderts der SØR Rusche-Sammlung,Münster 1995, pp. 78-81, nos. 27-28.

with D. Komter, Amsterdam, 1924; A. Mak, Amsterdam, 9 March 1926, lot 86 (sold to Staal); His sale; Galerie Dobiaschofsky, Bern, 24-25 October/14-15 November 1969, lot 317. Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 8 December 1992, lot 154. Collection SØR Rusche; his sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 4 November 2003, lot 41, where bought by the present owner.