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JAN PORTIELJE, Oriental Beauty, 1881

JAN PORTIELJE

Oriental Beauty, 1881
Oil on canvas
111.8 x 81.3 cm
44 x 32 in.
Signed lower left: "J Portielje";
Also signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse:
“The Undersigned Declares / that this picture has been / painted by himself to the / order of Mr A D’Huyvetter Jr / of Antwerp / 1881 J Portielje”.
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Provenance

Commissioned by Mr. Albert D’Huyvetter Jr., Antwerp;
Private Collection, U.S.A;
'Anonymous Sale', Christie’s New York, June, 2009, Lot. 114;
Collection of Mr. Stan Battat, U.S.A;
'European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture', Sotheby’s New York, October 2019, Lot. 74;
'Orientalist Art', Christie’s London, November, 2020, Lot. 7;
Private Collection, England.
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