細節
Netherlandish School, circa 1550
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly of the Van Westervelt family, aged 52, half-length, in a fur-trimmed coat and a hat, holding gloves in his left hand, with a signet ring, seated in an armchair; and Portrait of a lady, aged 47, three-quarter-length, in a fur-trimmed coat and hood, seated in an armchair
the former inscribed 'ÆTATIS SUÆ 52' (upper centre); the latter 'ÆTATIS SUÆ 47' (upper centre)
oil on panel
40 1/8 x 28 5/8 in (102.5 x 72.5 cm.)
the former with the inventory number '4.4.4.' brushed in white on the recto (lower left), and with a coat-of-arms possibly of the Aalbersberg or Tetrode families (verso); both with seals of the Princely House of Liechtenstein dated 1733 (versi)
a pair (2)
來源
The Princely House of Liechtenstein, Vienna, 1733 (according to the red wax seals on the reverse of each panel, bearing the legend 'Hochfürstlich Liechtensteinisch Vormundschafts, 1733'.
(Possibly) Hohenzollern Imperial and Royal Collection (according to letters of expertise from Prof. Emerich Schaffran and Dr. Ernst Wengenmayer, dated 15 and 25 April 1962, respectively).
Purchased by Hubertus Wald by 1962, and thence by descent.
出版
(Possibly) Handwritten catalogue of the Collections of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, 1805, nos. 396 and 397, as 'Johannes Holbein', 'Zwey Portraiets Mann und Weib in schwarzer Kleidung halbe Figuren a Holz'.
拍場告示
We are grateful to Dr. Arthur Stögmann of the Collections of the Princely House of Liechtenstein for providing the following expanded and additional bibliography for this lot:
(Possibly) J. Dallinger, Catalogus oder Verzeichniß gegenwärthigen Standes der hochfürstl. Bilde Gallerie im fürstl. Hanß Adamischen Hausse, von anno 1805 am Ende der Tage weyl. Sr. Durchl. Fürsten Aloys von Liechtenstein und unter dem Gallerieinspecteur Johann Dallinger, MS, 1805, nos. 396 and 397, as 'Johannes Holbein', 'Zwey Portraiets Mann und Weib in schwarzer Kleidung halbe Figuren a Holz'.
(Possibly) J. Falke, Katalog der Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Vienna, 1873,
the male portrait no. 1144, as 'Unbekannt. Deutsche Schule 1568. Ein Mann mit schwarzem Barett, schwarzer Kleidung und kleiner Krause, die Rechte in die Seite gestemmt, die Linke hlt die Handschuhe. Bez. Ao. 1568'.
It is recorded that the male portrait lised in Falke, 1873, was moved to the Princely castle in Eisgrub (Lednice) in 1901.