23 October 2019

Jan Toorop. Trio Fleuri, 1885 (Gemeentemuseum/ Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague).


Oil on canvas: 110 x 95 cm. Future wife Annie Josephine Hall (left), and her two Irish sisters. Jan Toorop was the father of Charley Toorop, grandfather of Edgar Fernhout, and great-grandfather of Rik Fernhout. As of October 2019 known as Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

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10 October 2019

Anthony/ Anthoon/ Anthonis van Dyck. Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest, ca. 1620 (National Gallery, London).


Oil on oak: 37.5 x 32.5 cm. Cornelis Van der Geest (1555-1638), the eminent Antwerp art collector. His collection curated by Willem van Haecht: here.

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