Portrait of a Gentleman, standing small full length, on the steps of a Palace
Details
Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck* (1597-1662)
Portrait of a Gentleman, standing small full length, on the steps of a Palace
signed and dated 'Jan Verspronck 1639.'
oil on panel
27½ x 18¼in. (69.8 x 43.8cm.)
Portrait of a Gentleman, standing small full length, on the steps of a Palace
signed and dated 'Jan Verspronck 1639.'
oil on panel
27½ x 18¼in. (69.8 x 43.8cm.)
Provenance
Gsell, sale, Ad. Jos. Bösch, Vienna, April 28, 1885, lot 51.
Büll, Vienna.
Frölich, Vienna.
Anon. Sale, A. Kende, Vienna, March 30, 1925, lot 74.
with A.S. Drey, Munich, 1931.
with F. Drey, London, 1937.
Arthur Edwin Bye, Philadelphia.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, May 23, 1951, lot 83.
with Matthiesen Gallery, London.
Farkas Foundation, Brooklyn, New York, by whom loaned to the Israel Museum, New York, 1974.
Büll, Vienna.
Frölich, Vienna.
Anon. Sale, A. Kende, Vienna, March 30, 1925, lot 74.
with A.S. Drey, Munich, 1931.
with F. Drey, London, 1937.
Arthur Edwin Bye, Philadelphia.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, May 23, 1951, lot 83.
with Matthiesen Gallery, London.
Farkas Foundation, Brooklyn, New York, by whom loaned to the Israel Museum, New York, 1974.
Literature
A. von Wurzbach, Niederländisches Künstler-Lexicon, 1906-11, II, p. 783.
Y. Yapou, Portraiture and Genre in a Painting Restored to Jan Verspronck, The Israel Museum News, 11, 1976, pp. 41-6.
Y. Yapou, Portraiture and Genre in a Painting Restored to Jan Verspronck, The Israel Museum News, 11, 1976, pp. 41-6.
Exhibited
Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck, Sept. 15-Nov. 25, 1979, p. 77, no. 16; and p. 150, illustrated (the catalogue by R.E.O. Ekkart).