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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
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Caspar Netscher
Dutch painter (1639–1684)
Caspar (or Gaspar) Netscher (1639 – January 15, 1684) was a Dutch portrait and genrepainter. He was a master in depicting oriental rugs, silk and brocade and introduced an international style to the Northern Netherlands.
Life
[edit]According to Arnold Houbraken's 17th-century biographical study of Dutch painters he was born in Heidelberg or Prague.[1] His father Johann Netscher was a sculptor from Stuttgart.[1][2] The elder Netscher married Elizabet Vetter, the daughter of a mayor in Heidelberg, against her father's wishes.[1] He died in Poland [3] when Caspar was two years of age. It has been suggested that Caspar may have been the son of a Rotterdam painter.[4] When Heidelberg was attacked during the civil war, Caspar's mother fled with four children to an estate outside the city.[1] When the castle was laid under siege, the people there suffered from hung
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Portrait of a Lady
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