Lot Essay
(1) Presumably by an artist in the circle of Sustermans.
Portrait of a Gentleman, full-length, holding a hat and placing a book on a table
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Circle of Jacob Sustermans (1597-1681)
Portrait of a Gentleman, full-length, holding a hat and placing a book on a table
inscribed 'longhezza/B2. 1/2', 'largheza 4¼' (recto), 'Gran[de]za 18/ceme 25' (verso) and with inscription '675' (recto); red chalk, squared in red chalk, upper left corner cut
7¼ x 5½in. (180 x 140mm.); and a drawing of the mocking of Christ by a Genoese hand and drawings and reproductions by or after Italian hands (8)
Portrait of a Gentleman, full-length, holding a hat and placing a book on a table
inscribed 'longhezza/B2. 1/2', 'largheza 4¼' (recto), 'Gran[de]za 18/ceme 25' (verso) and with inscription '675' (recto); red chalk, squared in red chalk, upper left corner cut
7¼ x 5½in. (180 x 140mm.); and a drawing of the mocking of Christ by a Genoese hand and drawings and reproductions by or after Italian hands (8)