Removed from SCHLOSS WILDENSTEIN,
Basel-Land, Switzerland
Circle of Jakob Seisenegger (1504/5-1567)
Details
Circle of Jakob Seisenegger (1504/5-1567)
Portrait of a Nobleman, three-quarter length, in a brown slashed jacket with black sleeves, with a sword and a dagger, a curtain behind
dated '.1.5.5.5.' on the frame on panel
26 x 18 7/8in. (66.2 x 48cm.)
Portrait of a Nobleman, three-quarter length, in a brown slashed jacket with black sleeves, with a sword and a dagger, a curtain behind
dated '.1.5.5.5.' on the frame on panel
26 x 18 7/8in. (66.2 x 48cm.)
Provenance
The Markgrafen von Baden-Durlach, Karlsburg, Durlach; transferred in 1688 to the Markgräfler Hof, Basel, and by descent there (Inventory of 1688, no.8 'Ein Manns Conterfät mit Einem geschnitzelten Wames'; Inventory of 1773, no.404 'Ein Mann mit schwarzem Barethlein und durchschnittenen Wammes') to Markgraf Karl Friedrich von Baden-Durlach (1738-1811); sale on the premises, 11-16 July 1808 Purchased at the sale by Peter Vischer-Sarasin (1751-1823; his Picture Catalogue, no.928) and by direct descent to the present owner
A similar slashed jacket is worn by the sitter in Gerlach Flicke's 'Portrait of Lord Grey de Wilton (?)' of 1547 in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
A similar slashed jacket is worn by the sitter in Gerlach Flicke's 'Portrait of Lord Grey de Wilton (?)' of 1547 in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh