Lot 28: BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DER HELST HAARLEM CIRCA 1613 - 1670 AMSTERDAM

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, THREE-QUARTER LENGTH, HOLDING A BLACK HAT

PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, THREE-QUARTER LENGTH, HOLDING A BLACK HAT

measurements note
43 7/8 by 34 1/2 in.; 111.4 by 87.5 cm.

possible remains of a signature and date 1660 (?) lower right

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

Dr. Paul von Herrmann, by 1909;
Thence by descent in the family to the present owner.

EXHIBITED

Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich-Museums-Verein, Ausstellung von Bildnissen des Fünfzehnten bis Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts, March 31-April 30, 1909, no. 55.

LITERATURE

D. Freiherrn von Hadeln, "Die Porträtausstellung des Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums-Vereins," in Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, N.F. XX, 1909, p. 299;
J. J. de Gelder, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Rotterdam 1921, p. 178, cat. no. 178