Attributed to Frans Luyckx

William Drury Lowe (1802–1877), Locko Park, Derbyshire;

Thence by descent to his son William Drury Nathaniel Drury-Lowe (1828–1906);

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Cie, 11 February 1919, lot 56 (as anonymous master, 17th century);

Augusta Helene Gerharde Jungé-van Heek (1878–1944), Baden-Baden;

Thence by descent.

National Exhibition of Works of Art, exh. cat., Leeds 1868, p. 49, no. 703 (as Justus Sustermans);

J.P. Richter, Catalogue of Pictures at Locko Park, London 1901, p. 48, no. 117 (as Dutch painter, mid-17th century).

Leeds, Leeds Infirmary, National Exhibition of Works of Art, 1868, no. 703 (as Justus Sustermans), lent by William Drury Lowe.

Octavio Piccolomini was an Italian nobleman who served as a Spanish general and field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War. His portrait - painted by Justus Sustermans (1597–1681) - was previously attributed to Frans Luyckx and is now in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.¹ An engraving of Piccolomini by Jonas Suyderhoef appears to have been produced c. 1650–56 after a portrait by Luyckx.²

¹ Oil on canvas, 92 x 78 cm. no. NM 765.

² Engraving, 42.1 x 30.4 cm. The British Museum. no. 1855,0414.226.