Circle of Jan Lievens (1607-1674)

Portrait of a young man, said to be a self-portrait of the artist, bust length, in profile, wearing dark costume, lace shirt and grey cape

Details

Circle of Jan Lievens (1607-1674)
Portrait of a young man, said to be a self-portrait of the artist, bust length, in profile, wearing dark costume, lace shirt and grey cape
with signature IL in the centre; with the number AP 25 (AP linked) on the reverse
oil on panel
57.3 x 44.7 cm
The support is branded with the coat-of-arms of the City of Antwerp and twice with the panel maker's marks of Guilliam Gabron II (1598-1640)

Provenance

Private Collection, Stuttgart .

Literature

H. Schneider, R.E.O. Ekkart, Jan Lievens, sein Leben und seine Werke, 1973, p.147, no.246/3.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt Schýler, III, 1983, p.1800, under no.1258.

Lot Essay

The prototype of circa 1627 when the artist was living in Antwerp (Scheider, op.cit., no.246) is in the Staatliche Gemäldegalerie, Copenhagen. Copies are in the Schlossmuseum, Weimar; in the Staatliche Gemäldegalerie, Schleissheim and in the Landesmuseum, Braunschweig (Scheider, op.cit., nos. 246/I, 246/2 and 246/4). As pointed out by J. Wadum, 'The Antwerp Brand on Painting on Panel', in Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 1998, p.183, the supports made by Gabron were probably used between 1626/58. Since the prototype was painted circa 1627, it is probable that the present picture is contemporary.

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