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January 2004
Old Master portraiture by private treaty

Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722)
Portrait of a gentleman, a statue of Ceres beyond

signed and dated 1694
oil on canvas, 47x39cm.

This fine work had not been seen in public since it was last exhibited in 1938.

The painting was sold be private treaty for an undisclosed five-figure sum.

Copyright 2004, Michael Mays and Open Image