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Jacob HUYSMANS (1630-1696), entourage of Portraits of Lady Augusta WETENHALL and her husband Sir Thomas WETENHALL, ancestors of the WETENHALL family of MARYLAND. Pair of portraits with oval view, in a leafy frame surmounted by the families' coats of arms. Oil on canvas (foxed). Carved and gilded wood frame with Italian baroque decoration of the XVIIth century 73 x 62 cm. Exhibition: 1699, when Virginia Was the Wild West' Colonial Williamsburg, May 1999- Feb 2000. Literature: Painters and Paintings in the Early American South, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (2013) p. 76-77 Provenance: - Sir Thomas Wetenhall of Hextall Court of Kent and Maryland, early 18th century then descent. - William Henry de Courcy (1824-1911) , - his nephew Henry May (1854-1936) , - Henry Coleman de Courcy May (1888-1957) , - Henry Coleman de Courcy May, 1958 , - Property of the Society of the Cincinnati Private Collection
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Jacob HUYSMANS (1630-1696), entourage of Portraits of Lady Augusta WETENHALL and her husband Sir Thomas WETENHALL, ancestors of the WETENHALL family of MARYLAND. Pair of portraits with oval view, in a leafy frame surmounted by the families' coats of arms. Oil on canvas (foxed). Carved and gilded wood frame with Italian baroque decoration of the XVIIth century 73 x 62 cm. Exhibition: 1699, when Virginia Was the Wild West' Colonial Williamsburg, May 1999- Feb 2000. Literature: Painters and Paintings in the Early American South, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (2013) p. 76-77 Provenance: - Sir Thomas Wetenhall of Hextall Court of Kent and Maryland, early 18th century then descent. - William Henry de Courcy (1824-1911) , - his nephew Henry May (1854-1936) , - Henry Coleman de Courcy May (1888-1957) , - Henry Coleman de Courcy May, 1958 , - Property of the Society of the Cincinnati Private Collection
