Juan van der Hamen y León

Portrait of Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635)

Auction Closed

January 26, 05:50 PM GMT

Estimate

700,000 - 1,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Gentleman

Juan van der Hamen y León

Madrid 1596 - 1631

Portrait of Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635)

oil on canvas

canvas: 47 by 38⅛ in.; 119.5 by 96.8 cm.

framed: 54¾ by 46 in.; 139 by 117 cm.

Please refer to the online catalogue for updated provenance on this lot.

Possibly Infanta Amalia of Spain (1834-1905), who married Prince Adalbert von Bayern (1828-1875);

Possibly their son, Prince Alfons von Bayern (1862-1933), who married Princess Louise d’Orleans (1869-1952);

Their only son, Prince Joseph Clemens von Bayern (1902-1990);

From whom acquired by the present owner in 1990.

B. Prieto Navarrete, "De Poesía y Pintura: Lope de Vega retratado por van der Hamen," in ARS Magazine, year 3, no. 6, April - June 2010, pp. 52-64, 148, reproduced.