Lot 44: ADAM VAN NOORT ANTWERP 1561 - 1641

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A PORTRAIT OF A BEARDED MAN, AGED 32, WEARING AN ELEGANT BLACK SUIT WITH WHITE LACE CUFFS, A MILL STONE COLLAR AND YELLOW GLOVES, CHARGED WITH THE SITTER'S COAT OF ARMS

measurements note
103.7 by 75.3 cm.

signed and inscribed upper right: A.V NooRT / ÆT'. 32. , charged with the coat-of-arms of the sitter and dated upper left: 1615

oil on panel

PROVENANCE

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 18 April 1980, lot 108;
Sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 8 February 1988, lot 175 (as bears signature).

NOTE

In a letter, dated 23 November 2005, Nico van Hout, curator of the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, confirms the attribution to Adam van Noort. He considers the present portrait an interesting adittion to the oeuvre of the artist, as we know Adam van Noort mainly as a painter of history scenes. It may serve as a basis for reconstructing Van Noort's portrait oeuvre.