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Nicolaes Maes — Portrait of Jean Baptist Everard de Borchgrave (1613–1684), three-quarter-length, wearing a green jacket with a white ruff and yellow drape, leaning on a broken column
Nicolaes Maes

Portrait of Jean Baptist Everard de Borchgrave (1613–1684), three-quarter-length, wearing a green jacket with a white ruff and yellow drape, leaning on a broken column

Nicolaes Maes' oval portrait of Jean Baptist Everard de Borchgrave (1613–1684) is an oil on canvas work depicting the subject in aristocratic dress against a classical architectural element. This formal portrait exemplifies 17th-century Flemish portraiture conventions and social status representation.

Medium
oil on canvas, oval, laid down on canvas

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Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures

December 2, 2022

Estimate: $15,000$20,000

Lot 446

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Nicolaes Maes, Portrait of Jean Baptist Everard de Borchgrave (1613–1684), three-quarter-length, wearing a green jacket with a white ruff and yellow drape, leaning on a broken column

Nicolaes Maes' oval portrait of Jean Baptist Everard de Borchgrave (1613–1684) is an oil on canvas work depicting the subject in aristocratic dress against a classical architectural element. This formal portrait exemplifies 17th-century Flemish portraiture conventions and social status representation.

Medium
oil on canvas, oval, laid down on canvas
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Green, Golden Tones, Baroque, Portrait, Dignified, 17th Century, Flemish, Oil on Canvas, Male Figure, Formal

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