Portrait of the artist, half-length, in a black doublet holding spectacles

Details

After Lambert Lombard
Portrait of the artist, half-length, in a black doublet holding spectacles
oil on panel
31 x 25¼ in. (78.7 x 64.1 cm.)

Provenance

with Spanierman Gallery, New York, where acquired in 2000 by the present owner.

Literature

(Possibly) Lambert Lombard: Peintre de la Renaissance, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 2006, p. 335 under no. 2.

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Lot Essay

This picture derives from a composition known in several versions, including those in the Musée de l’Art Wallon in Liège, the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Kassel. It has long been thought to be a self-portrait of the artist Lambert Lombard, though doubts remain as to both the author and subject depicted. The composition nonetheless gained iconic status, with the sitter’s portrait featuring on the 100 Belgian francs banknote in the 1970s.

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