Lot Essay
We are grateful to Jan van Helmont for confirming that the coat-of-arms in this portrait is that of the Hoeufft family.
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Portrait of a member of the Hoeufft family, possibly Arnold Hoeufft, of Cologne, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet with lace-edged collar and cuffs, his right hand on a table with his sword
Details
Attributed to Cornelius Jonson van Ceulen (London 1593-1661 Utrecht)
Portrait of a member of the Hoeufft family, possibly Arnold Hoeufft, of Cologne, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet with lace-edged collar and cuffs, his right hand on a table with his sword
with the Hoeufft coat-of-arms (upper left)
oil on canvas
44 x 34 1/8 in. (111.8 x 86.7 cm.)
Portrait of a member of the Hoeufft family, possibly Arnold Hoeufft, of Cologne, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet with lace-edged collar and cuffs, his right hand on a table with his sword
with the Hoeufft coat-of-arms (upper left)
oil on canvas
44 x 34 1/8 in. (111.8 x 86.7 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, in 1913, by Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray.
Literature
Cowdray Park Catalogue, London, 1919, p. 5, no. 15, as 'Jan Verspronck' 'Arnold Hoeufft' (in the Vestibule).
C. Anson, A Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of The Viscount Cowdray, London, 1971, p. 1, no. 2, plate 15, as 'Jan Cornelisz Verspronck' 'Arnold Hoeufft' (in the Vestibule).
C. Anson, A Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of The Viscount Cowdray, London, 1971, p. 1, no. 2, plate 15, as 'Jan Cornelisz Verspronck' 'Arnold Hoeufft' (in the Vestibule).
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