6237

Madame Hugo Loudon-van Marken, née Anna Petronella Alida van Marken  1920

Head-and-shoulders, full face, a blue chiffon stole and necklace just indicated

Oil on board, 49 x 39.5 cm (19 ¼ x 15 ½ in.)

Sitters’ Book II, opp. f. 15: A. Loudon / van Marken 31-5-1920. / The Hague . Voorlinden

Private Collection

De László had painted the sitter twice before, in 1908 [6233] & [6234], when he also painted her husband, Jonkheer Hugo Loudon [6227]. In 1920 he painted their son John Hugo [6246] and Ambassador John Loudon [6241], her brother-in-law, which is most probably when this study was made at the end of May at the Loudon family home, Voorlinden. The painting was somewhat larger originally, and signed, but cut down to the present size by a previous owner.

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [6234].

LITERATURE:

•Grever, Tonko and Annemieke Heuft (Sandra de Laszlo, British ed.), De László in Holland: Dutch Masterpieces by Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937), Paul Holberton publishing, London, 2006, pp. 8, 10, 48-50, 52, 54, 67, ill. no. 38

•László, Lucy de, 1908 diary, 20 February entry, p. 75

•László, Lucy de, 1920 diary, private collection, 26 May entry, p. 147

•DLA075-008, letter from Anna Loudon to de László, 1920

•DLA075-0085, letter from Anna Loudon to de László, 13 January 1921

CWS 2008