Johannes Verspronck, A Young Lady, 1637 National Trust, Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection, North Somersert On a recent visit to Tyntesfield House (owned by the National Trust) I came across a painting by the Dutch 17th century master Johannes Verspronck (ca. 1600-1662). If you have read my blog before you might well know I admire Verspronck’s paintings enormously. I have hope that his delicate and subtle paintings will perhaps one day come together in an exhibition and book as there is little literature on him or his work. Only as recent as 2011 did the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem acquire a number of paintings by this Haarlem master - they now own a proud 10 pieces. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam owns a further 8. Many, many other pieces are scattered all over the globe. According to the brilliant website BBC Your Paintings there are 5 paintings by his hand in the UK, including the Tyntesfield one. Not all are convincingly by Verspronck, however, although the Ashmolean Museum piec...
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