Lot 174: Abraham de Snaphaen (Leiden 1651-1691 Dessau)

Portrait of Rudolfus Capellus, small three-quarter-length, in black costume with a lawn collar, at a drapped table with his right hand resting on a bible
indistinctly inscribed and signed 'ASnap.pinxit' (lower right), and further indistinctly inscribed 'RUDOLFUS.CAPELLUS.HAMBERGENSIS./CH.D ET P.P. AC MDCIXXIV.AETATIS **' (lower centre), and further indistictly with coat of arms (lower left), and further inscribed 'RVDOLFVS CAPELLVS/S.S THEOL.D.ET PP.NA.,/TVS A.C.1635.D.24./IANVARII.H.IV POMERID' (on the reverse)
oil on copper
40.8 x 31.8 cm. (16 x 12 1/2 in.)
unframed