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Lot 5: - Attributed to Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen , Beverwyck 1500-1559 Brussels Portrait of a bearded gentleman, half length, at the age of 33, wearing a black cloak and hat, his right hand resting on a skull oil on panel

Est: £10,000 GBP - £15,000 GBP
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 30, 2008

Item Overview

Description

inscribed with date upper left: ANNO. 1534. AETATIS. 33 inscribed upper right: FIDENTI PERATA CEDVT inscribed along lower edge: VIVITVR INGENIO CETERA MORTIS ERVNT oil on panel

Dimensions

measurements note 50 by 37.5 cm.; 19 5/8 by 14 3/4 in.

Literature

M.J. Friedländer, "Neues über Jan Vermeijen", in Oud Holland, vol. LIX, 1942, p. 18, no. 5, as by Jan Cornelis Vermeyen;
H.J. Horn, Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, vol. II, Doornspijk 1989, p. 494, no. A115, reproduced (as 'Location Unknown') as by Jan Cornelis Vermeyen and as dated 1554.

Provenance

Private collection, The Hague, circa 1942;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 25 October 1987, lot 47, as 'Circle of Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen', where unsold.

Notes

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
When last offered for sale in 1987 (see Provenance) this painting was accompanied by the certificate of Dr. Max J. Friedländer, dated 18 March 1941, firmly attributing the work to Vermeyen.

The coat-of-arms in the upper right corner have been loosely identified with those of the Vétus family of Burgundy and Brittany.

Auction Details

Old Master and Early British Paintings

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Sotheby's
October 30, 2008, 12:00 PM GMT

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