Details
School of FRANÇOIS CLOUET (before 1522-1572)
Portrait of Charles IX (1550-1574), small bust length, wearing a gold embroidered black doublet and a hat with a gold chain
bears date '1561'--oil on panel
12 3/8 x 9¼in. (31.4 x 23.5cm.)
Provenance
Mrs. Skinner, Isle of Wight
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Harry T. Zucker
Literature
C. Sterling, A Catalogue of French Paintings, XV-XVIII Centuries, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1955, p. 57, under no. 32.100.124, footnote, as a comtemporary replica
The New York Times, Nov. 28, 1926, A Selection of Paintings from the Exhibition Opening at the Knoedler Galleries Tomorrow, Childhood in Art, as 'a painter of the Clouet school'
Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Childhood in Art, Nov. 29-Dec. 18, 1926, no. 4
