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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Art On Sunday
• Sale Date:
  20 Nov 2011 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  897
• Lot Description:
  Caspar Netscher
  (1639-1684) Studio of, Dutch
  Song with Harpischord Accompaniment
  Oil on canvas
  28 x 34 cm
• Provenance:
  The Estate of the Late Veronika Sacco
• Notes:
  Purchased: Sothebys, London, 1970s. Caspar Netscher was patronized by William III, and his earnings soon enabled him to gratify his own taste by depicting musical and conversational pieces. It was in these that Netscher's genius was fully displayed. The choice of these subjects, and the habit of introducing female figures, dressed in glossy satins, were imitated from Ter Borch; they possess easy yet delicate pencilling, brilliant and correct colouring, and pleasing light and shade; but frequently their refinement passes into weakness. The painter was gaining both fame and wealth when be died prematurely in 1684, in The Hague. His sons Constantyn (1668-1722), and Theodorus (1661-1732), were also painters after their father's style, but inferior in merit. The original of this work is held in Gemaldegaleris Alte Meister, Dresden. The instrument pictured is in fact a Clavichord.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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