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Portrait of a bearded gentleman, bust-length, in a black doublet with a white lace ruff, painted oval
Details
Frans Pourbus I (Bruges 1545/6-1581 Antwerp)
Portrait of a bearded gentleman, bust-length, in a black doublet with a white lace ruff, painted oval
inscribed 'AETA: 48' (upper right) and dated '1574' (upper left)
oil on panel, unframed
29¾ x 23¾ in. (75.6 x 60.3 cm.)
Portrait of a bearded gentleman, bust-length, in a black doublet with a white lace ruff, painted oval
inscribed 'AETA: 48' (upper right) and dated '1574' (upper left)
oil on panel, unframed
29¾ x 23¾ in. (75.6 x 60.3 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Fiévez, Brussels, 3-4 July 1919 [=1st day], lot 121.
Jules Porgès (1838-1921), Paris.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, before 1931.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1945.
in the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.
Jules Porgès (1838-1921), Paris.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, before 1931.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1945.
in the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.
Literature
C. Wright, Paintings in Dutch Museums. An Index of Oil Paintings in Public Collections in The Netherlands by Artists born before 1870, London, 1980, p. 373, as attributed to Frans Pourbus I.
Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), The Hague, 1992, p. 243, no. 2106, illustrated, as Frans Pourbus (1).
Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), The Hague, 1992, p. 243, no. 2106, illustrated, as Frans Pourbus (1).
Exhibited
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Kersttentoonstelling van werken van eenige oude schilderigen uit de collectie Goudstikker, 1925-6, no. 17.
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