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ATTRIBUTED TO HUYBRECHT BEUCKELEER | PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, THREE-QUARTER LENGTH, PROBABLY AN ARCHITECT

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May 22, 08:55 PM GMT

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20,000 - 30,000 USD

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ATTRIBUTED TO HUYBRECHT BEUCKELEER

(Active in Antwerp 1563 - after 1584)

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, THREE-QUARTER LENGTH, PROBABLY AN ARCHITECT


oil on oak panel

27⅝ by 21⅞ in.; 70.2 by 55.6 cm.

Bradley Collection, Suffolk, England;

Private collection, Virginia.

Previously thought to be by a Tuscan artist from the 16th century in the orbit of Bronzino (1503-1572), an attribution to the Flemish artist Huybrecht Beuckeleer has now been proposed by Dr. Robert B. Simon. Huybrecht, the brother of Joachim Beuckeleer (1533-1574), has only recently been identified as the painter of a body of works signed with a monogram HB, the eponym for his identity as "Monogrammist HB". Recent studies show that Huybrecht began his career in the workshop of Pieter Aertsen (1508-1575) with his brother, Joachim. He then travelled to Italy, where it is suggested that he came into contact with Bronzino, which could explain the similarities that this painting shares with Bronzino's Portrait of a Young Man in the Metropolitan Musem of Art (inv. no. 29.100.16), among other examples by the famous Italian Mannerist painter. However, its style and the fact that it is on oak panel indicate that this painting could be not be of Italian origin. A dendrochronological analysis of the oak boards by Prof. Dr. Peter Klein suggests an earliest felling date of 1558 and a likely usage date from circa 1566 onwards, which would accord well with an attribution to Huybrecht Beuckeleer.


Dr. Robert B. Simon is in the process of preparing an article on the portraits of Huybrecht Beuckeleer, and intends to include this painting as a work by the artist.