ALLEGORIES OF VANITY AND FAITH - A PAIR
oil on panel
each: 25 x 19cm; 10 x 7.5in
43.5 x 38cm; 17 x 15in (framed)
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Property from a Private Collection

Provenance
(probably) James Ansell, London (sale, Christie's London, 6 May 1773, lot 55 - as Willem van Mieris)
Thought to be with the family of the present owner since at least the 1930s

Literature
G. Jansen & B.W. Meijer, Dipinti fiamminghi e olandesi: la raccolta del Conte Lodovico Belgiojoso d'Este, Milan, 1990, p. 98, no. 38, note 3, referenced
Eddy Schavemaker, Eglon Hendrik Van der Neer, His Life and Work, Doornspijk, 2010, pp. 431-3, nos. 128.I & 129.I, catalogued; figs. 128a & 129a, illustrated

Schavemaker records the present two panels as contemporary copies. Of the two fractionally larger prime versions, Vanity is in the collection of the Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco, Milan and Faith, signed and dated 1693, is in the Museum Amstelkring, Amsterdam.