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A Young Woman Playing the Viola (Signed)

Creator: Jacobus Perkois
Offered by: L' Antiquaire & The Connoisseur, Inc.

Description
Size Framed: 18" high x 15" wide (45.5 x 38 cm.)
Inscribed on verso: The sitter and her age; signed and dated lower right: Perkois 1777

Jacobus Perkois was a Dutch painter of portraits, miniaturist, and engraver. He was born in Middelbourg in 1756 and died in 1804. Perkois worked for the East India Company and was the pupil of the Confrérie of The Hague in 1776. He later became master of drawing at Middelbourg in 1778, and then moved to Amsterdam where he died. Two well-known engravings by him are a head of a man and of a horse.

More Information

Origin:	Netherlands
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Pencil and Chalk
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	WOP 18-9948
Incollect Reference #:	152249

Dimensions

W.	9 in;	H.	12 in;
W.	22.86 cm;	H.	30.48 cm;

Message from Seller:

The gallery deals in European works of art, antiques and paintings from antiquity to the end of the eighteenth century. Under Mrs. Fioratti's direction, the gallery has continued to supply works of art to museums across America and Europe. She has designed interiors in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. Mrs. Fioratti has worked on architectural restorations, and restored a 10th century village near Siena.