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The missing woman: the reunion of a family portrait by Cornelis de Vos

07/2024 | 1456 | 166

Pages: 708–13

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Author:

Jager, Angela (Jager, Angela)

Author:

Wadum, Jørgen (Wadum, Jørgen)

Subjects

artists:

Vos, Cornelis de

collectors and dealers:

Rushout, John, Second Baron Northwick, 1770-1859

dates:

1620-1629

museums and institutions:

Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivå, Denmark

subjects:

Flemish painting / Family portraits / Provenance / Collections, Private

subjects:

Reconstructions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Portrait of husband and wife, by Cornelis de Vos. After 1635. Oil on canvas, 173 by 132 cm. (The Nivaagaard Collection).

Attributed works:

2a–b. Reconstruction showing Portrait of a father and son and Portrait of a woman by Cornelis de Vos reunited.

Attributed works:

2b. Right: Portrait of a woman. 1626. Oil on canvas, 57.5 by 48.7 cm. (The Nivaagaard Collection).

Attributed works:

3. Fig.2b, before conservation in 2014.

Attributed works:

4. Portrait of a family with four daughters and a son, by Cornelis de Vos. 1626. Oil on canvas, 160.5 by 184.5 cm. (Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne).

Attributed works:

5. Photograph of detail of Fig.2a, showing the lower-right corner after removal of overpaint. 1966. (Statens Museum for Kunst Archive, Copenhagen).

Attributed works:

6. Strainer of Fig.2b, showing the wax seal in the upper-right corner and label reading ‘No 25’ attached to the cross bar.

Attributed works:

7. Detail of the wax seal of Fig.2b, showing the monogram ‘MB’.

Attributed works:

8. Detail of annotated copy of sale catalogue of Lord Northwick’s collection. (National Gallery Research Centre, London, no.NGA 28/1/6).

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