Lot Essay
We are grateful to Jan van Helmont for suggesting that the sitter is likely to be Caspar Müller, born 1548 in Wehr, near Lucerne.
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Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Caspar Müller (b. 1548), aged 26, half-length, in a dark doublet and hat and a lace collar, holding a glove in his right hand
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Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Caspar Müller (b. 1548), aged 26, half-length, in a dark doublet and hat and a lace collar, holding a glove in his right hand
with inscription and date 'ÆTATIS SVÆ XXVI· Ano 1574.' (upper right) and the Müler coat-of-arms (upper left)
oil on canvas, unlined
18¾ x 14½ in. (47.7 x 36.8 cm.)
the stretcher with an old inscription and date 'Benedicto Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum. Psalm: 123. Beno: Ao ·1655·' in a parcel-gilt and ebonised frame
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Caspar Müller (b. 1548), aged 26, half-length, in a dark doublet and hat and a lace collar, holding a glove in his right hand
with inscription and date 'ÆTATIS SVÆ XXVI· Ano 1574.' (upper right) and the Müler coat-of-arms (upper left)
oil on canvas, unlined
18¾ x 14½ in. (47.7 x 36.8 cm.)
the stretcher with an old inscription and date 'Benedicto Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum. Psalm: 123. Beno: Ao ·1655·' in a parcel-gilt and ebonised frame
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