Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor Werner Sumowski for suggesting a tentative attribution to Paul Lesire (1611-1656) on the basis of photographs.
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Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, aged 31, in a black, broad-rimmed hat and black costume with a white lace collar and cuffs and hat, his gloves in his left hand
Details
School of Rembrandt, circa 1639
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, aged 31, in a black, broad-rimmed hat and black costume with a white lace collar and cuffs and hat, his gloves in his left hand
inscribed and dated 'Anno 1639. AETATIS 31.' (upper left)
oil on panel
114.2 x 80.4 cm.
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, aged 31, in a black, broad-rimmed hat and black costume with a white lace collar and cuffs and hat, his gloves in his left hand
inscribed and dated 'Anno 1639. AETATIS 31.' (upper left)
oil on panel
114.2 x 80.4 cm.
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 17 March 1964, lot 22, as Pieter Dubordieu (according to Professor H.E. van Gelder).
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