WILLEM KEY* (c.1515-1568)

Details

WILLEM KEY* (c.1515-1568)

Portrait of a Gentleman, bust length, wearing a black costume and cap
oil on panel
20 x15¼in. (50.6 x 38.9cm.)

Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein, until sold in 1960
H. Becker, Dortmund

Literature

Catalogue, Gallery Liechtenstein, 1873, no. 112; 1885, no. 129; 1931, no. 129, as attributed to Antonio Mor
Summlung Becker,Gemälde Alter Meister, I, 1967, no. 33, illustrated, as a self-portrait

Lot Essay

An old label on the reverse reads 'AZ/Tablaux apperte/nent au Prince Regniant Joseph/Wenceslau de/Lichtenstein'

This lot will be sold with a letter from Dr. Reinhold Baumstark, Director, Princely Collections, dated November 12, 1987, confirming that the painting was formerly in the Liechtenstein Princely Collection