This is the oldest signed and dated miniature portrait in the collection. It is signed on the reverse "H Juweel pinxit Anno 1717". Juweel was an artist from the Netherlands, active in Rotterdam in the early 18C.Miniatures by him are uncommon, but there are three miniatures on parchment (as this one is) by him in the Boymans Museum in Rotterdam.
The sitter is unknown. 612
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