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Lot description
Portrait of the wife of the artist, Elsje Klanes (1658-1699), signed 'M.v.Musscher.' (upper left); annotated 'Pinxt. ad vivum' (upper right); annotated 'Elsabe Klanes.' (lower right); annotated and dated 'Uxorem Suam./Ao 1693/8/14' (lower left), oil on copper, 16x14 cm, Literature:-R.E. Gerhardt, ‘Rediscovered portraits clarifying the family of Michiel van Musscher (1645-1705), and preliminary development of his masterpiece "The Family of the Painter" ', in Oud Holland 129 (2016), no. 1, ill. p. 33, no. 3.Provenance:-With Galerie Wijdemeren, Breukeleveen, 2016, where acquired by the family of the present owner, In 1693 Michiel van Musscher married his second wife Elsje Klanes (1658–1699). The present lot is an intimate portrait by the artist, depicting his wife in the year that they got married.