拍品专文
The underlying frame for the decoration is based on the auricular style which first appeared on frames in Amsterdam circa 1650. The style was first developed in Haarlem shortly after 1600 and appears in the work of Glotzius and not long thereafter in Utrecht in the work of the silversmith Adam van Vianen (1569-1627) and Johannes Lutma the Elder (1584-1669) (the latter has also inspired the name 'Lutma Frame' which is sometimes applied to this type of frame). Their designs were, however, not published until 1648/49 when Christian van Vianen published a book on his father's oeuvre, which might explain its late appearance in frame designs.
The floral festoons covering the frame are believed to first appear in 1662, while the tassels to the lower corners appear in the late 1660s. A frame incorporating these elements believed to be circa 1669 and framing a portrait believed to be a self-portrait of Ferdinand Bol is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (P.J.J. van Thiel and C.J. de Bruyn Kops, Framing in the Golden Age, Amsterdam, 1995, pp. 280-281, cat. 61).
The floral festoons covering the frame are believed to first appear in 1662, while the tassels to the lower corners appear in the late 1660s. A frame incorporating these elements believed to be circa 1669 and framing a portrait believed to be a self-portrait of Ferdinand Bol is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (P.J.J. van Thiel and C.J. de Bruyn Kops, Framing in the Golden Age, Amsterdam, 1995, pp. 280-281, cat. 61).