Lot Essay
The sitter was a cloth merchant, as the log-book and samples of thread and cloth displayed on the table indicate
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Michel van Musscher (1645-1705)
Portrait of a gentleman, seated, small three quarter length, wearing a brown dressing gown with lace cravat and wig, holding a letter in his right hand, his right arm resting on a draped table with a log-book, writing utensils and cloth samples
signed, inscribed and dated: M.l/v. Musscher. Pinxit/PK(linked)/A. 1691
57 x 50 cm
Portrait of a gentleman, seated, small three quarter length, wearing a brown dressing gown with lace cravat and wig, holding a letter in his right hand, his right arm resting on a draped table with a log-book, writing utensils and cloth samples
signed, inscribed and dated: M.l/v. Musscher. Pinxit/PK(linked)/A. 1691
57 x 50 cm