Portrait of a Philospher, aged 68, half length, his hand resting on a book
Details
Cremonese School, 1625
Portrait of a Philospher, aged 68, half length, his hand resting on a book
inscribed with the sitter's birth date and age 'N.A.T. 1557', 'AE T. 68' [AE linked] and extensively inscribed and dated on the edge of the shelf 'CAESAR CREMNINUS CENTENSIS ATAVIS ZANDBONUS CREMONENSIS/PATAVINAE UNIVERSITATIS PHILS PRIMAE SEDIS ANNON 1625 AETATIS SUA'
oil on canvas
32 x 26½in. (81.3 x 67.3cm.)
Portrait of a Philospher, aged 68, half length, his hand resting on a book
inscribed with the sitter's birth date and age 'N.A.T. 1557', 'AE T. 68' [AE linked] and extensively inscribed and dated on the edge of the shelf 'CAESAR CREMNINUS CENTENSIS ATAVIS ZANDBONUS CREMONENSIS/PATAVINAE UNIVERSITATIS PHILS PRIMAE SEDIS ANNON 1625 AETATIS SUA'
oil on canvas
32 x 26½in. (81.3 x 67.3cm.)
Provenance
Baron Leon de Pitteurs Hugaerts d'Orlange.
with Spink and Son, London.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, July 3, 1953, lot 81 as Tintoretto (50gns. to Engels).
Walter P. Chrysler.
with Spink and Son, London.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, July 3, 1953, lot 81 as Tintoretto (50gns. to Engels).
Walter P. Chrysler.