A Gentleman holding a Glove, possibly Greffier Gaspar Fagel (1634 - 1688)
Frans van Mieris (1635 - Leyden 1681)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1655 - 1681
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
213 x 168 mm (8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in)
Place of origin
Leiden
Order this imageCollection
Ascott Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 1535133
Summary
Oil painting on copper, Possibly Greffier Gaspar Fagel (1634 - 1688) by Frans van Mieris (1635 - Leyden 1681). A three-quarter length portrait standing on a terrace in profile to left, his head turned towards the spectator; he wears a black silk dress with white lawn collar, over which his fair hair falls; his left hand is gloved and with his right he gestures towards a statue. Gaspar Fagel was born in Haarlem. He held the office of Greffier des Etats from 1670 and in 1672, after the assassination of the Witt brothers, succeeded as Grand Pensionary. He played a part in William III's accession to the English throne.
Provenance
Greffiers Fagel sale, Coxe, 22nd May 1801, lot 34 (as anonymous sitter); anonymous sale, Amsterdam, 29 September 1802, lot 34: bought by Pruyssenaar; de Sereville sale, Paris, 22nd Januray 1812, lot 40; Lapeyriere (Perrier) sale, Paris, 14 April 1817; Count Robiano sale, Brussels, 1ff May 1837, lot 443: bought Nieuwenhuys (1799 - 1883); Charles Heusch by 1849; given to the National Trust by Anthony de Rothschild (1887- 1961) with the house in 1949
Credit line
Ascott, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Frans van Mieris (1635 - Leyden 1681), artist
References
Smith 1829-42 John Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, 8 vols and supplement, London, 1829-42, no. 63 Smith 1842 John Smith, Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, London, 1842, no. 45