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Attrib. Toussaint Gelton Portrait of Young Woman with Vase
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Attrib. Toussaint Gelton Portrait of Young Woman with Vase

17th century
For Sale by Darnley Fine Art
Description

Oil on canvas

Image size: 12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.5 cm)

Period hand carved gilt frame

This 17th century Dutch genre painting depicts a young woman holding a jug with a landscape leading on beyond. This composition goes back to a work by Adriaen van Werff, now in the Danish National Gallery in Copenhagen. The RKD database lists another version of Toussaint’s work,  today in the possession of the Staatliches Museum Schwerin. 

Toussaint Gelton

Nothing is known with certainty about the place of birth and origins of Gelton. Though he was registered in the painters’ guild of Amsterdam from 1655 to 1661 and in that of The Hague from 1656 to 1661, his name suggests that he hailed from a French instead of a Dutch family. He was likely the son of Johannes Gelton and Adewina Weijn and the brother of merchant Arnoldus Gelton. Toussaint lived in Stockholm with Maria Dijckmans (daughter of The Hague painter Zacharias Dijckmans).

Physical Dimensions
Height
30.5cm (12.01")
Width
25.5cm (10.04")
Declaration

Darnley Fine Art has dated this 17th Century Oil Portrait to the 17th Century.

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SA1226506
Description
Oil on canvas

Image size: 12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.5 cm)

Period hand carved gilt frame

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This 17th century Dutch genre painting depicts a young woman holding a jug with a landscape leading on beyond.
Darnley Fine Art

This composition goes back to a work by Adriaen van Werff, now in the Danish National Gallery in Copenhagen. The RKD database lists another version of Toussaint’s work,  today in the possession of the Staatliches Museum Schwerin. 

Toussaint Gelton

Nothing is known with certainty about the place of birth and origins of Gelton. Though he was registered in the painters’ guild of Amsterdam from 1655 to 1661 and in that of The Hague from 1656 to 1661, his name suggests that he hailed from a French instead of a Dutch family. He was likely the son of Johannes Gelton and Adewina Weijn and the brother of merchant Arnoldus Gelton. Toussaint lived in Stockholm with Maria Dijckmans (daughter of The Hague painter Zacharias Dijckmans).

Height
30.5cm (12.01")
Width
25.5cm (10.04")
Date of Manufacture

Darnley Fine Art has dated this 17th Century Oil Portrait to the 17th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1226506
Darnley Fine Art
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An oil painting of a young woman holding a vase, set within a heavily carved rectangular gold frame.
Attrib. Toussaint Gelton Portrait of Young Woman with Vase
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An oil painting of a young woman holding a vase, set within a heavily carved rectangular gold frame.
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  • ObjectPaintings
  • Period17th century
  • StyleBaroque
  • MaterialOil on Canvas, Giltwood
  • ColourGold and Brown
  • MotifsAcanthus leaf carving, shell cresting, allegorical draping
  • SizeH 30.5 cm (12 in) x W 25.5 cm (10 in)

This seventeenth-century Baroque oil on canvas painting portrays a young woman holding a jug against an outdoor landscape background. Attributed to Toussaint Gelton, the composition echoes an earlier work by Adriaen van Werff. The rectangular artwork sits inside a period hand-carved gilt frame finished in gold, decorated with heavy acanthus leaf carvings, prominent corner shell cresting, and ornate pierced scrollwork mouldings. The painting measures 30.5 cm high by 25.5 cm wide. The colour palette combines rich brown tones in the portrait and landscape with the bright gold leaf of the surrounding woodwork. Suitable for display above the mantel in a traditional sitting room or study, the piece brings period character to an interior. The carved wooden frame displays an aged patina with darkened recesses highlighting the relief work. The canvas depicts the female figure in profile, wearing allegorical drapery over one shoulder while grasping an earthenware vessel. Viewers observe a dark treed landscape receding into a blue sky with soft clouds on the right side of the composition.

17th-century Baroque portraiture is characterised by dramatic contrast between light and shade, known as chiaroscuro, alongside allegorical imagery and richly detailed drapery. Artists often incorporated classical themes or symbolic props to represent virtue, status, or natural harmony.

Artists typically used ground mineral pigments suspended in linseed or walnut oil, painted onto stretched linen canvas or wooden panels. Frames from this era were traditionally hand-carved from wood and finished with water gilding using gold leaf over a bole base.

Authenticity is verified through timber or canvas weave analysis, inspection of age-consistent craquelure patterns across the paint surface, and examination of historical pigments under ultraviolet light. Physical evidence of natural oxidisation on the frame and backing also aids identification.

A gilded Baroque portrait acts as a focal point when hung against minimalist neutral walls or rich, saturated paint colours like navy or forest green. Hanging historical oil paintings in modern settings creates dynamic visual contrast through mismatched periods.

Keep the artwork away from direct sunlight, heating sources, and areas of high humidity to prevent canvas warping or paint flaking. Dust the frame gently with a soft, dry squirrel-hair brush, avoiding commercial cleaners or water which can damage fragile gold leaf.
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