Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black costume with a lace collar, holding an embroidered glove

The Amsterdam artist Voskuijl married Grietje Fransdr. from Gorinchem at the age of 47 in the year of the present portrait, 1640. from Gorinchem. Archives record the baptism of eight children between 1642 and 1660. Only a few paintings by his hand are known. One of Voskuijl's most accomplished commissions is the pair of portraits, also executed in the year of 1640, of the Amsterdam brewer Philips Denijs and his wife Geertruyd Reael in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-2368-9).

This lot is sold with a copy of a letter of expertise, dated 12 December 1991, from prof. dr. Rudi Ekkart, endorsing the attribution to Voskuijl, upon inspection of the original painting.