School of Amsterdam, circa 1625
Portrait of a bearded gentleman, bust-length,
oil on panel, 56 x 49.5 cm, framed
The present refined portrait, of a well-dressed gentleman in ruff and modish black silk doublet with slashed sleeves, is typical of Amsterdam painting towards the end of the first quarter of the 17th Century. The free execution, with sfumato effects modelling the edges of the form of the head, and the painterly brio with which the hair of the sitter’s beard and folds of his ruff are rendered, suggests an accomplished hand, but exact identity of the master who painted this work remains an open art historical question.
Amsterdam in the 1620s was the boomtown of Northern Europe, having restricted Antwerp’s - the former commercial capital of the Low Countries – access to the sea by blockading the river Scheldt during the Dutch struggle for independence, now known as the Eighty Years War. Masters such as Werner van Valckert (1585–1635) and Nicolaes Pickenoy (1588–1656) were among the artists whose workshops characterised Amsterdam portraiture of the period, drawn to the city by the burgeoning merchant classes who drove demand for portraits such as the present work.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
03.05.2023 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 25,425.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 15,000.- to EUR 25,000.-
School of Amsterdam, circa 1625
Portrait of a bearded gentleman, bust-length,
oil on panel, 56 x 49.5 cm, framed
The present refined portrait, of a well-dressed gentleman in ruff and modish black silk doublet with slashed sleeves, is typical of Amsterdam painting towards the end of the first quarter of the 17th Century. The free execution, with sfumato effects modelling the edges of the form of the head, and the painterly brio with which the hair of the sitter’s beard and folds of his ruff are rendered, suggests an accomplished hand, but exact identity of the master who painted this work remains an open art historical question.
Amsterdam in the 1620s was the boomtown of Northern Europe, having restricted Antwerp’s - the former commercial capital of the Low Countries – access to the sea by blockading the river Scheldt during the Dutch struggle for independence, now known as the Eighty Years War. Masters such as Werner van Valckert (1585–1635) and Nicolaes Pickenoy (1588–1656) were among the artists whose workshops characterised Amsterdam portraiture of the period, drawn to the city by the burgeoning merchant classes who drove demand for portraits such as the present work.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 03.05.2023 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 22.04. - 03.05.2023 |
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