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Portraits of a gentleman and his wife, both half-length: he, aged 44, behind a wooden ledge, in a fur-lined black coat and a black hat, a letter in his left hand and gloves in his right; she, aged 42, in a black coat with an embroidered belt and a white headdress, holding a book.
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BARTHEL BRUYN I (Cologne or Wesel c. 1493-1555 Cologne?)
Portraits of a gentleman and his wife, both half-length: he, aged 44, behind a wooden ledge, in a fur-lined black coat and a black hat, a letter in his left hand and gloves in his right; she, aged 42, in a black coat with an embroidered belt and a white headdress, holding a book.
both inscribed and dated, the first 'ANNO.1535 AETATIS.44', the second 'ANNO 1535. AETATIS.42' (both upper center)
oil on panel, shaped tops
22 5/8 x 16 in. (57.3 x 40.7 cm.)
a pair (2)
Portraits of a gentleman and his wife, both half-length: he, aged 44, behind a wooden ledge, in a fur-lined black coat and a black hat, a letter in his left hand and gloves in his right; she, aged 42, in a black coat with an embroidered belt and a white headdress, holding a book.
both inscribed and dated, the first 'ANNO.1535 AETATIS.44', the second 'ANNO 1535. AETATIS.42' (both upper center)
oil on panel, shaped tops
22 5/8 x 16 in. (57.3 x 40.7 cm.)
a pair (2)
Provenance
Carl Salomonsen; sale, Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen, 1944, lot 16.