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Double Portrait of Jacqueline and Henrica Brouart
Double Portrait of Jacqueline and Henrica Brouart

Double Portrait of Jacqueline and Henrica Brouart

Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn (Dutch, 1572–1657)
1628
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions111.1 x 84.5 cm (43 3/4 x 33 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art
Accession number2021.709
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsDated and inscribed upper right: AN.O 1628/20. JVN. 3 IAER/HENRICA BROVAERT and upper left: JACQUELINA BROVAERTProvenancePossibly Thomas Brouart (b. 1584 - d. 1635), father of the sitters; possibly by descent to the sitter, Jacqueline Brouart (b. 1627 - d. 1691); until 1884, possibly by descent through the van Beresteyn family, Maurick Castle, Vught, Netherlands [see note 1]; October 21, 1884, possibly included in the Gisbert van Beresteyn sale, Van Bommel, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands [see note 2]. By the late 19th century, possibly the Dukes of Osuna, Spain, and by descent, through the Marqueses de Río Seco, within the family. 2014, acquired through Sotheby’s by Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA [see note 3]; 2021, gift of Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2021)

NOTES:
[1] In 1645, Jacqueline Brouart married Christiaan Prins van Beresteyn (b. 1616 - d. 1667).

[2] The catalogue descriptions are extremely vague, listing lots 8-14 as "portraits on panel, all from the 17th century, very beautiful by famous masters." Lots 17-46b are similarly described.

[3] According to Dutch and Flemish Masterworks: From the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection by Frederik J. Duparc (Boston, 2020), p. 86.