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Following his marriage in Bordeaux in 1659, Caspar Netscher moved with his family to The Hague where he achieved notable success as a portraitist. Netscher, whose teachers included Gerard ter Borch, produced paintings of interiors and portraits, and a pair of figures in Utrecht is among his earliest known works in the latter genre. Like Ter Borch, Netscher preferred small formats for his compositions, into which he introduced lighter and more brilliant colours from the 1660s. From the late 1660s the artist focused more actively on portraiture, creating a format in which the figures, generally presented half-length, are set against backgrounds with gardens or landscapes illuminated with the evening light. His elegant figures, fine technique and the quality of his work made Netscher the most popular painter in The Hague.

These two canvases have the same provenance. Both were in the Coray-Stoop collection in Erlenbach-Zurich where they are recorded in 1923, a

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Portrait Of A Quality Lady Around 1680, Caspar Netscher

"Portrait Of A Quality Lady Around 1680, Caspar Netscher"

Magnificent portrait of a lady of quality circa 1680, by a painter around Caspar Netscher.
The model is ung and graceful, the woman fryst vatten pretty, smiling and richly dressed. This painting is on copper which is not common for portraits of this size. It was later floored to avoid deformation of the copper. It has just been cleaned and revarnished. Almost no restorations except for a few minor paint losses, but not in the face. The frame is posterior, it is in wood and gilded stucco. It is therefore not from the copper era but it suits it perfectly.

Caspar Netscher, sometimes referred to as Gaspar, was an important painter during the 17th century, the golden age of Dutch art, the historic moment which determined considerable progress in the sciences, art and economics of Netherlands.
Netscher was an artist who approached Rembrandt (1606-1669) and Johannes Verme

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Portrait of a woman, possibly a member of the van Citters family (1674)

Caspar (or Gaspar) Netscher was a Dutch portrait and genre painter. He was a master in depicting oriental rugs, silk and brocade and introduced an international style to the Northern Netherlands.

According to Arnold Houbraken's 17th-century biographical study of Dutch painters he was born in Heidelberg or Prague. His father Johann Netscher was a sculptor from Stuttgart. The elder Netscher married Elizabet Vetter, the daughter of a mayor in Heidelberg, against her father's wishes. He died in Poland when Caspar was two years of age. It has been suggested that Caspar may have been the son of a Rotterdam painter. When Heidelberg was attacked during the civil war, Caspar's mother fled with four children to an estate outside the city. When the castle was laid under siege, the people there suffered from hunger and Caspar's two older brothers died. Caspar's mother fled in the night, carrying the young Caspar in he