Lot Essay
An attribution to Dirk Dircksz. Santvoort (Amsterdam 1610-1680) is to be considered on the basis of a comparison with the Group portrait of the family of Dirk Bas Jacobsz. in the Rijksmuseum, no. A365.
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Portrait of a gentleman, aged 34, three-quarter-length, in black costume
Details
Circle of Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn (The Hague c. 1572-1657)
Portrait of a gentleman, aged 34, three-quarter-length, in black costume
inscribed with the sitter's age and dated 'AE 34/Ao 1636' (upper right) and inscribed with monogram 'EDR' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
47 x 35.1/8 in. (119.4 x 89.2 cm.)
Portrait of a gentleman, aged 34, three-quarter-length, in black costume
inscribed with the sitter's age and dated 'AE 34/A
oil on panel
47 x 35.1/8 in. (119.4 x 89.2 cm.)
Provenance
A.M. Oppenheimer, C.B.E.; Christie's, London, 26 July 1935, lot 96, as 'J.A. van Ravesteyn' (30 gns. to C. Goldschmidt).
Anon. sale, Bukowski, Stockholm, 1940, where purchased by Consul General Karl Bergsten (d. 1953).
Anon. sale, Bukowski, Stockholm, 1940, where purchased by Consul General Karl Bergsten (d. 1953).
Literature
K. Asplund ed., Collection de Peintures et de Sculptures appartenant M. le Consul Gnral et Madame Carl Bergsten, Stockholm, II, 1943, no. 15, as Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck.