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DescriptionLeiden School, circa 1680Portrait of a young boy wearing a feathered hat, with a bird perched on his left hand, and vegetation in the foreground
oil on canvasunframed: 23.9 x 18.1 cm.; 9⅜ x 7⅛ in.framed: 35.6 x 29.6 cm.; 14 x 11⅝ in.Condition reportThe canvas is lined, the paint surface is clean and the varnish is clear and even. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals tiny pinprick retouchings in the figure's face, neck and arm, as well as scattered in the background. Slightly larger, more concentrated areas of retouching are in part of the red cloak on the right and in the corner of the foreground, lower left. These have all been sensitively executed and the painting is in overall good condition.
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With Otto Naumann Ltd., New York (as Eglon van der Neer);
With Bob Haboldt & Co., Paris & New York (as Eglon van der Neer);
From whom acquired.Catalogue noteThis fine and unusual portrait of a child, wearing a distinctive feathered hat and surrounded by large leaves, appears to have been inspired by the paintings of artists working during the first half of the 17th century in the fijnschilder tradition, such as Gerrit Dou and Frans van Mieris A number of artists perpetuated this style, even into the first decades of the 18th century, including Godefridus Schalcken and Eglon van der Neer, to whom this painting was previously attributed.
We are grateful to Eddy Schavemaker for proposing an attribution to Hendrik Jacob Hoet on the basis of comparison with the signed portrait in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen (inv. no. GK 201).1 And are also grateful to Dr Anja Sevcik, who notes similarities with the work of Thomas van der Wilt and Dr Fred G. Meijer, who compares the vegetation in the foreground to that found in paintings by Abraham Begeyn 2
1 https://rkd.nl/explore/images/2844202 See, for example: https://rkd.nl/explore/images/11463