Hermanus Numan (1744-1820): Portrait of the Poet Johannes Nomsz (1758-1805) and His Wife in their Sitting Room, Amsterdam

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Hermanus Numan (1744-1820): Portrait of the Poet Johannes Nomsz (1758-1805) and His Wife in their Sitting Room, Amsterdam Oil on canvas, unsigned, lined, with loan sticker from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. 273/4 x 33 1/2 in., 33 1/4 x 38 3/4 in. (frame). Note: The attribution to Numan was made by A. Starling (see literature below). Literature: A Starling, De Hollanders Thusi, 1956, p. 156; J.W. Niemeijer, De Portretten van Ploos van Amstel, Nederlands Kunsthistorich Jaarboek, 1962, p. 220. Exhibited: Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, February 17-April 25, 1956; Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Art; Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dutch Masters of the Eighteenth Century: Painting & Drawings 1700-1800, October 7, 1971-March 19, 1972. Mrs. Nomz Marquerat, Trenton (Barnevelde), Oneida County, NY (daughter of sitter); Thence by descent to Mrs. Archibald Moore, Trenton; Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild; Sold Sotheby's NY, January 12, 1995, Lot 174