Attributed to Pieter VAN ANRAEDT (c.1635-1678) - Lot 140

Attributed to Pieter VAN ANRAEDT (c.1635-1678) Portrait of Hendrick de Sandra decorated with the Order of Saint Michael, with a page in the background the siege of the city of Deventer Oil on canvas without frame 38 x 31.5 cm Old restorations (Re-staining, restoration and scratches) Provenance: Former Bernard MOSCODIER collection Historical background: Hendrick de Sandra was governor of the fortress of Deventer, an important town in the eastern Netherlands, during the late 16th century, against a backdrop of religious and political wars in the United Provinces. Deventer was a strategic city during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648), which pitted the United Provinces against Spain for independence. Hendrick de Sandra served as governor during one of the most critical periods of this conflict, when the town was taken by Spanish Catholic forces.