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The Weiss Gallery
A selection of paintings sold by The Weiss Gallery that now reside in important, international private collections. Examples of work by Frans Pourbus the Younger, Artemisia Gentileschi and Michaelina ... View Page
Notable sales
The Weiss Gallery
A selection of paintings sold by The Weiss Gallery to international institutions and museums, including works by Hans Holbein the Younger, William Larkin, and Frans Pourbus the Younger. View Page
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French school, Louise de Lorraine (1553 – 1601), Queen of France, 1580 - 1585
The size of this bijou portrait is in keeping with the Valois court’s interest in smaller, refined, portrait drawings and paintings during the early modern period. This tradition – one that survived i... View Page
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Unknown Follower of Custodis (fl. 1592 – 1612), Sir Reginald (c.1564 - 1639) and Lady Dorothy Mohun of Hall and Boconnoc, Cornwall, Painted circa 1604
This monumental late Elizabethan portrait has great significance as the earliest known example of a life-size, full-length marriage portrait in English painting. It likely was painted, circa 1604, to ... View Page
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Mary Beale (1633 – 1699), Lady Mary Sadleir, née Lorymer (d. 1706) [?]
The sitter of this particularly engaging portrait, painted by Britain’s first professional female artist Mary Beale, is thought to depict Mary Lorymer who in 1685, the date inscribed upon this paintin... View Page
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Friesland School, 1603, A three-year-old boy holding a kolf club and ball
This rare Dutch portrait of a young boy aged three is one of the earliest examples of a portrait incorporating a kolf club, used to hit a stuffed leather ball in the Dutch game of het kolven. The popu... View Page
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Katherine Read (1723 - 1778), Alexander Beatson (1759 - 1833), Painted circa 1776 - 1778
Painted when she was based in Madras towards the end of her life, these three bust-length portraits by the Scottish artist Katherine Read depict her three teenaged nephews. These, alongside the nearby... View Page
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Katherine Read (1723 - 1778), John Beatson (b. 1760), Painted circa 1776 - 1778
Painted when she was based in Madras towards the end of her life, these three bust-length portraits by the Scottish artist Katherine Read depict her three teenaged nephews. These, alongside the nearby... View Page
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Katherine Read (1723 - 1778), Robert Beatson (1758 - 1805), Painted circa 1776 - 1778
Painted when she was based in Madras towards the end of her life, these three bust-length portraits by the Scottish artist Katherine Read depict her three teenaged nephews. These, alongside the nearby... View Page
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Publication: Nicolas Lanier (1588 - 1666) - A Portrait Revealed
VERY LOW STOCK The various essays in this book, which commences with a concise synopsis of Lanier's life by his biographer Michael Wilson, offer many differing and fascinating insights and interpretat... View Page
Johann Georg von Hamilton (1672 - 1737), Prince Adam Franz zu Schwarzenberg (1680-1732) on a Lippizzaner, performing a Capriole, Painted circa 1705 - 1715
Johann Georg von Hamilton (1672 - 1737) Prince Adam Franz zu Schwarzenberg (1680-1732) on a Lippizzaner, performing a Capriole, Painted circa 1705 - 1715 Oil on unlined canvas 102 3/8 x 106 ¼ in. (260... View Page
Michaelina Wautier (c.1617 - 1689), Martino Martini (1614 – 1661), an Italian Jesuit missionary in China , Painted 1654
Michaelina Wautier (c.1617 - 1689) Martino Martini (1614 – 1661), an Italian Jesuit missionary in China , Painted 1654 Oil on canvas 27 ¼ x 23 1/8 in. (69.5 x 59 cm.) View Page
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The Weiss Gallery
The Weiss Gallery is a leading specialist dealer in Tudor, Stuart & Northern European old master portraiture. It was founded by Mark Weiss in 1985 with a focus on buying and selling the finest Norther... View Page
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The Weiss Gallery
Recent news and events relating to The Weiss Gallery including exhibitions, publications and recent acquisitions, as well as news clippings, stories, and interviews featuring The Weiss Gallery. To inc... View Page
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Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569 - 1622), Caterine van Damme (1540 – 1622)
In 1589, the twenty-year-old Frans Pourbus was employed to restore the altarpiece by Barent van Orley (1487 – 1581)in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges, something of which he was clearly proud, signing... View Page
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Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569 – 1622), Henri IV of France (1553 – 1610)
Painted in the year that he was assassinated, this portrait shows Henri IV (1553 – 1610), the first Bourbon monarch of France, as a seasoned, authoritative head of state. His court portrait painter, t... View Page
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Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569 – 1622), Louis XIII of France (1601 – 1643), Painted circa 1620 – 1621
This is the last known portrait by Pourbus of Louis XIII, and indeed likely one of the very last portraits that the artist painted before his death in 1622. It depicts the king aged about 19 - 20 year... View Page
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Nicolas de Largillierre (1656 - 1746), Élisabeth-Charlotte d'Orléans, Mademoiselle de Chartres, Painted circa 1680s
Presented in three-quarter length, the young sitter in our portrait lifts a bunch of grapes from a basket as she stares cheerfully at the viewer. The setting and her billowing Arcadian dress, accented... View Page
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Pierre Delorme (c.1716 – 1776), after Louis Tocqué (1696 – 1772), Louis-Philippe-Joseph II (1747 - 1793), as duke of Chartres, later duke of Orléans, and latterly known as ‘Philippe Égalité’, Probably painted at the château of Saint-Cloud circa 1755 – 175
The exquisitely attired subject of this grand full-length portrait, not yet ten years old, is Louis-Philippe-Joseph II (1747 - 1793), a principal figure within the Orléans branch of the French royal f... View Page
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Marcus Gheeraerts II (1561 - 1635), An unknown English noblewoman, possibly a member of the Strode family, Painted circa 1615
The artist of this sumptuous, exceptionally well-persevered portrait, Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, is rightly regarded today as one of the most important portrait painters working in oils for both t... View Page
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Robert Peake (c.1551 – 1619), An unknown noble boy, possibly a member of the Harlakenden family, Painted circa 1605
A rosy-cheeked young boy, with a shock of blond hair and stark blue eyes, stands before his viewer within a plain oaked interior. He wears a resplendent embroidered white dress, complete with a matchi... View Page
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Master of the Shafto Portraits (fl. 1620 – 1630), A 3-year-old girl from the Shafto family
Whilst fitting of the Jacobean age, this extremely charming full-length portrait of a young girl dates to the early years of Charles I’s reign. Associated with a group of distinctive portraits by an a... View Page
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Attributed to William Peake (c. 1580 – 1639), Three children, possibly James (1607 – 1651), later 7th Earl of Derby; Robert (d. 1632) and Anne Stanley, later Countess of Ancram (d. 1657)
Two brothers dressed in regal purple stand astride their young sister, who wears a fashionable red and white dress replete with farthingale hooped petticoat. She's bearing fruit - cherries and an uptu... View Page
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Paul van Somer (c.1577 – 1622), Sir Rowland Cotton (1581 – 1634) of Alkington Hall, Whitechurch, and Bellaport Hall, Shropshire, Painted 1618
Remarkably, the splendid costume in which this portrait’s sitter, Sir Rowland Cotton, is so meticulously depicted has survived the centuries and is today in the collection of the Victoria and Albert M... View Page
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Cornelius Johnson (1593 – 1661), Dudley North, 4th Baron North (1602 – 1677), Painted 1627
This exceptionally lifelike portrait by the Anglo-Dutch court portraitist Cornelius Johnson depicts the English courtier, Dudley North, 4th Lord North and, until it was acquired recently, it had unbro... View Page
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Cornelius Johnson (1593 – 1661), An unknown noblewoman
This elegant portrait is an early example of the artist’s work when he mainly painted on panel. Johnson’s first signed pieces date from 1619, and by 1624 his assured, carefully modelled portraits were... View Page
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Mary Beale (1633 – 1699), William Forster (b. 1675)
Painted in 1683, this charming portrait of a young boy, who is dressed in a richly coloured arcadian costume, epitomises how its artist, Britain’s first professional female portraitist Mary Beale, ear... View Page
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Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy (c.1588 – c.1650), Dirck Jansz. Sweelinck (1591 – 1652), organist of the Oude Kerk
The subject of this animated portrait can be confidently identified as the Amsterdam-based organist Dirck Jansz. Sweelinck on the basis of the age and date inscribed upon the portrait, which correspon... View Page
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Katherine Read (1723 - 1778), Jean Beatson, née Read (b. 1730), the artist’s sister, Painted circa 1776 - 1778
One of a set of four portraits, the others depicting the sitter’s three sons. View Page
Press
Boom time for female Old Masters: Demand is soaring and Gentileschi has become a household name — and many more are waiting to step into the spotlight
A Selection of News Clippings, Stories, and Interviews featuring The Weiss Gallery, as well as news about our recent acquisitions, publications and exhibitions View Page
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The Weiss Gallery at TEFAF Maastricht 2019: A Former Governor Returns to Maastricht
A Selection of News Clippings, Stories, and Interviews featuring The Weiss Gallery, as well as news about our recent acquisitions, publications and exhibitions View Page
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London Art Week Winter (1 - 8 December 2017) - A Fashionable Likeness: 16th and 17th Century Portraiture with Contempora
A Selection of News Clippings, Stories, and Interviews featuring The Weiss Gallery, as well as news about our recent acquisitions, publications and exhibitions View Page
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Portrait of an Artist: Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986)
A Selection of News Clippings, Stories, and Interviews featuring The Weiss Gallery, as well as news about our recent acquisitions, publications and exhibitions View Page
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Courting Favour: From Elizabeth I to James I - An Exhibition of Tudor & Jacobean Portraits, London Art Week Summer (26th
A Selection of News Clippings, Stories, and Interviews featuring The Weiss Gallery, as well as news about our recent acquisitions, publications and exhibitions View Page
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"30th Anniversary Exhibition: Cornelius Johnson (1593 - 1661): Painter to King & Country"
A Selection of News Clippings, Stories, and Interviews featuring The Weiss Gallery, as well as news about our recent acquisitions, publications and exhibitions View Page
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Publication: Facing History - Northern European Portraiture: 1550 - 1735
This is the nineteenth catalogue that I have produced since my gallery was founded in 1985, and it is the first where I have left virtually all the research and editorial to my very talented team &nda... View Page
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Publication: Cornelius Johnson - Painter to King & Country
This catalogue was published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the opening of The Weiss Gallery in London with a special exhibition, ‘Cornelius Johnson: Painter to King & Country’, ... View Page
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Publication: Tudor and Stuart Portraits - From the Collections of the English Nobility and Their Great Country Houses
The catalyst for this catalogue was the unrepeatable opportunity to acquire the majority of the most important early British portraits from the contents sale of Cowdray Park held by Christie's in 2010... View Page

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