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Artist supplied description.
A mottled background, pitch-black costume, and bright ruff all serve to highlight the enigmatic visage of this unidentified man. Though his arresting gaze invites the viewer in, his face is also turned away and cast partially in shadow, as if he seeks to keep his distance from the individual on the other side of the picture plane. Other versions of this composition exist, suggesting that the man’s mysterious character and distinctive appearance captivated many artists and patrons of his time.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 33 × 46 Cm |
| Tags | manportraits: male subjectportraitmen |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Probably Charles Jennens (died 1773), Gopsall, Leicestershire, by 1767
Probably Charles Jennens (died 1773), Gopsall, Leicestershire, by 1767
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Art Institute of Chicago, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and the Portrait Print, March 5-August 7, 2016, cat. 8.
Art Institute of Chicago, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and the Portrait Print, March 5-August 7, 2016, cat. 8.
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Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and the Portrait Print, Victoria Sancho Lobis with essay by Maureen Warren
Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and the Portrait Print, Victoria Sancho Lobis with essay by Maureen Warren (Chicago: Art Institute, distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2016)
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Brussels, Centre for Fine Arts, Renaissance Portraits of the Low Countries, February 5-September 12, 2015.
Brussels, Centre for Fine Arts, Renaissance Portraits of the Low Countries, February 5-September 12, 2015.
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Till-Holger Borchert et Koenraad Jonckheere, Portraits de la Penaissance aux Pays-Bas
Till-Holger Borchert et Koenraad Jonckheere, Portraits de la Penaissance aux Pays-Bas (Brussels: BOZAR, 2015), 184-85
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by descent to Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe, Gopsall, until 1918 [according to letter from Gabriel Naughton, Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, April 18, 2000, and letter from Frederick, Earl Howe, July 22, 2000, in curatorial file...
by descent to Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe, Gopsall, until 1918 [according to letter from Gabriel Naughton, Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, April 18, 2000, and letter from Frederick, Earl Howe, July 22, 2000, in curatorial file]
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Daniel Catton Rich, "In a Minor Key," Art Institute Quarterly 47
Daniel Catton Rich, "In a Minor Key," Art Institute Quarterly 47 (1953): 30–31; repr. The Art Quarterly 16, no. 3 (Autumn 1953): 267, 269.
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London, P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., Paintings by Old Masters, July 1951, no. 16.
London, P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., Paintings by Old Masters, July 1951, no. 16.
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sold by her heirs at Christie’s, London, May 18, 1951, no....
sold by her heirs at Christie’s, London, May 18, 1951, no. 62, to P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., London, for £85
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Christie, Mason and Wood, LTD, London, Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Pictures and Original Etchings Sold by Order of the Trustees of the Late Mrs. Helen H. Cowie removed from Rivensleigh, Dowanhill, Glasgow and From Other Sources, May 18,...
Christie, Mason and Wood, LTD, London, Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Pictures and Original Etchings Sold by Order of the Trustees of the Late Mrs. Helen H. Cowie removed from Rivensleigh, Dowanhill, Glasgow and From Other Sources, May 18, 1951, lot 62.
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sold by Colnaghi to the Art Institute, 1951.
sold by Colnaghi to the Art Institute, 1951.
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P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., Paintings by Old Masters, July 1951. lot 16
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., Paintings by Old Masters, July 1951. lot 16
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by descent to her husband Thomas Rennie Cowie (died 1950)
by descent to her husband Thomas Rennie Cowie (died 1950)
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Dora Zuntz, Frans Floris: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der niederländischen Kunst im XVI Jahrhundert
Dora Zuntz, Frans Floris: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der niederländischen Kunst im XVI Jahrhundert (Strasbourg, 1929), 77, IIIb.
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sold by Agnew’s to W....
sold by Agnew’s to W. L. Peacock and Co., London, 1921 [according to Naughton letter cited above]. Mrs. Helen Hilston Cowie (died 1947), Ravensleigh, Dowanhill, Glasgow
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sold to Agnew’s, London, 1918
sold to Agnew’s, London, 1918
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Winslow Ames, "Swiss Export Table Tops," Antiques 80, no. 1
Winslow Ames, "Swiss Export Table Tops," Antiques 80, no. 1 (1961): 49, fig. 4.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: Art Institute, 1961), 161–62.
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