Attributed to Pieter Fransz. Isaacsz. Helsingor 1569-1625

Pehr Lagerbring (1733-99), whose collection was bought in its entirety by
David Hendrik Hildebrand (1712-1791), Ericsberg;
His son David Gotthard Hendrik Hildebrand (1761-1808), who died unmarried;
His sister Agneta Sofia Hildebrand, who was married to Baron Carl Göran Bonde (1757-1840;
Thence by descent at Ericsberg to the present day.

Born in Denmark of Dutch parents, Pieter Isaacsz. trained in Amsterdam under Cornelis Ketel, and then accompanied Hans von Aachen to Germany and Italy.  Von Aachen's influence in works such as this are palpable.  He collaborated with Van Mander, who is the source of much information about his early career, on the decoration of a clavichord.  He returned to Denmark in 1607-8, and became Court Painter to King Christian IV.

The physiognomies in the Bonde picture are strongly reminiscent of those in a signed work by Isaacsz. of an Allegorical Figure of Victory, sold London (Olympia), Sotheby's, 7 December 2005, lot 448 (as Circle of Hans von Aachen).