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Lot description
Half length portrait of a young woman wearing a black dress, richly pleated ruff, and a richly decorated diadem cap having embroidery and lace held in place by a gold pin. Lot includes a hand written document of authenticity on the verso of an image of this work by the Finnish art historian, Tancred Borenius. Signed and dated London, April, 1926. The 1964 Treco Art Galleries catalogue which lists this painting mentions a 1956 document of authenticity from E.P. Richardson of the Detroit Institute of Arts, however, this document is not present. Provenance: The Collection of E. Raymond Field. Mr. Field was a co-founder of the Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Company and a Trustee of the Detroit Museum of Art Founders Society. By descent to his wife, Ida Mae Feld The Estate of the Late Ida Mae Field. Treco Art Galleries, Detroit, MI, November 1964. Collection of Thomas G. and Joyce J. Waffen, Detroit, MI. To the present owner by family descent. Dimensions: H 14" W 11.5" Frame Size: H 24.75" W 22.5"