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Attributed to Constantijn Netscher (1668-1723)
Portrait of a Girl with a Guinea-pig Signed and dated 1677
Oil on canvas | 49.1 x 40.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404850
Queen's Dining Room, Kensington Palace
Attributed to Constantijn Netscher (1668-1723)
Portrait of a Girl with a Guinea-pig Signed and dated 1677
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This young girl has everything which the new Dutch aristocracy sought: a country house with a formal garden and marble furniture and statuary; damask drapery, silk dress, pearls and a guinea-pig, the latest pet imported from the Dutch East Indies.
Although the painting has been traditionally identified as by Casper Netscher, it is now attributed to his younger son, Constantijn (born in 1668) who signed his name in the same manner. Given the date of 1677 is painted with a different, much browner pigment than the signature, it is believed to have been added by a later hand.
Inscribed: 'CNetscher F 1677'Provenance
Acquired by George IV who thought that it depicted Sophia Charlotte, Princess of Brunswick; recorded in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace in 1841 (no 171)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
49.1 x 40.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
67.2 x 58.0 x 5.8 cm (frame, external)
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Sophia Charlotte, Princess of Brunswick, previously identified as
Princess Mary of Orange (1631-60), previously identified as
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668-1705), later Queen of Prussia, previously identified as
