Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Property from a Private Collection
JOHANN SPILBERG | Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, wearing a feathered beret
Lot Closed
May 7, 01:56 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
JOHANN SPILBERG
Düsseldorf 1619-1690
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, BUST-LENGTH, WEARING A FEATHERED BERET
oil on canvas
unframed: 79.5 x 68 cm.; 31¼x 26¾in.
framed: 120 x 108.5 cm.; 47 1/4 x 42 3/4 in.
Please note, Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
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Private collection, UK, since at least the mid-19th century;
Whence sold, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 2012, lot 220, where acquired by the present owners.
According to Arnold Houbraken, Spilberg became a pupil of Govaert Flinck in 1640 in Amsterdam. It is possible that the pendant to the present lot is the Portrait of a Woman in Fantasy Costume (78 x 64 cm.) which was sold online at Sotheby's, 19 September 2019, lot 4, for £20,000.1
We are grateful to Frits Duparc who endorses the attribution to Spilberg, following inspection of digital images.