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SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICKEY CARTIN (LOTS 3, 20, 21 and 22)
WILLEM KEY (BREDA 1515⁄16-1568 ANTWERP)
Portrait of Margret Halseber of Basel, also known as 'The Lady with the two beards', bust-length
Details
WILLEM KEY (BREDA 1515⁄16-1568 ANTWERP)
Portrait of Margret Halseber of Basel, also known as 'The Lady with the two beards', bust-length
oil on panel
12 ½ x 10 ¼ in. (31.7 x 26 cm.)
Portrait of Margret Halseber of Basel, also known as 'The Lady with the two beards', bust-length
oil on panel
12 ½ x 10 ¼ in. (31.7 x 26 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517-1586), Besançon, as 'Tête de femme portant barbe, de la main de Guillaume Chayez' (Jonckheere, op. cit., p. 133).
(Possibly) Joseph van Huerne, Ghent (d. 1844); his sale (†), Dullaert-Vandervin, Ghent, 21 October 1844, lot 22, as 'Holbein' (210 FF).
Private collection, England, as 'Hans Holbein the Younger'.
Gustave Becker, London (according to a note on the reverse of a photograph in the RKD Research Files).
Miss B. Campe-Becker; Christie's, London, 13 July 1951, lot 39, as 'Sir Antonio Mor', where unsold.
with Colnaghi, London, circa 1957, as 'Antonio Moro' (according to labels on the reverse and Koopstra, op. cit.), where acquired by,
Benjamin Sonnenberg (1901-1978), 19 Gramercy Park South, New York; his sale (†), Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 5 June 1979 (=1st day), lot 75, as 'Willem Key'.
Dr. Samuel Schaefler (1929-1991), New York.
Anonymous sale; Arteprimitivo, online, 23 April 2007, lot 67, as 'Anthonis Mor'.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Lady]; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 7 May 2008, lot 7.
with French & Company, New York, where acquired in 2011 by the present owner.
(Possibly) Joseph van Huerne, Ghent (d. 1844); his sale (†), Dullaert-Vandervin, Ghent, 21 October 1844, lot 22, as 'Holbein' (210 FF).
Private collection, England, as 'Hans Holbein the Younger'.
Gustave Becker, London (according to a note on the reverse of a photograph in the RKD Research Files).
Miss B. Campe-Becker; Christie's, London, 13 July 1951, lot 39, as 'Sir Antonio Mor', where unsold.
with Colnaghi, London, circa 1957, as 'Antonio Moro' (according to labels on the reverse and Koopstra, op. cit.), where acquired by,
Benjamin Sonnenberg (1901-1978), 19 Gramercy Park South, New York; his sale (†), Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 5 June 1979 (=1st day), lot 75, as 'Willem Key'.
Dr. Samuel Schaefler (1929-1991), New York.
Anonymous sale; Arteprimitivo, online, 23 April 2007, lot 67, as 'Anthonis Mor'.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Lady]; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 7 May 2008, lot 7.
with French & Company, New York, where acquired in 2011 by the present owner.
Literature
(Possibly) A. Castan, Monographie du Palais Granvelle à Besançon, Paris, 1867, p. 332.
(Possibly) T. von Frimmel, Geschichte der Wiener Gemäldesammlungen, I, Lepizig, 1899, p. 480.
A. Koopstra, Schattengalerie: die verlorenen Werke der Gemäldesammlung, exhibition catalogue, Munich, 2008, pp. 140-4, no. 60.
K. Jonckheere, Willem Key (1516-1568): Portrait of a Humanist Painter, Turnhout, 2011, pp. 132-135, no. A68, illustrated.
(Possibly) T. von Frimmel, Geschichte der Wiener Gemäldesammlungen, I, Lepizig, 1899, p. 480.
A. Koopstra, Schattengalerie: die verlorenen Werke der Gemäldesammlung, exhibition catalogue, Munich, 2008, pp. 140-4, no. 60.
K. Jonckheere, Willem Key (1516-1568): Portrait of a Humanist Painter, Turnhout, 2011, pp. 132-135, no. A68, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, David Zwirner Gallery, Seen in the Mirror: Things from the Cartin Collection, 4 November-18 December 2021, unpaginated.
Engraved
P. de Vlaminck, 1836.
Brought to you by
Maja Markovic
Director, Head of Evening Sale