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Catharina Francken-Meertens 1920

Half-length to the left, seated, head turned full-face to the viewer, wearing a black décolleté evening dress bordered with white, pearl earrings and necklace and a gold bracelet, a blue patterned chiffon stole draped over her arms

Oil on canvas, 107 x 72 cm (42 x 28 ⅜ in.)

Inscribed lower left: Amsterdam de László. 1920. May.

Sitters’ Book II, opp. f. 15: C. Francken. May 18th 1920

Private Collection

De László painted this formal portrait of Catharina Francken in 1920. He also made an oil study of her in the same year [110639].

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [110639].

EXHIBITED:         

•Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, De László in Holland, Dutch Masterpieces by Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937), 3 March-5 June 2006, n° 32    

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. 10, 62, 63, 69, ill. n° 32

CWS 2006