Lot 136: Jacob Claesz. van Utrecht (? Utrecht c. 1480-after 1530 ? Lübeck)

Jacob Claesz. van Utrecht (? Utrecht c. 1480-after 1530 ? Lübeck)
Portrait of Mathias Mulich (1470-1528), Burgomaster of Lübeck, half-length
signed '[J]ACOB/[TR]AIENCTENSIS' (upper left) and with the sitter's coat-of-arms
oil on panel
16 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (42.4 x 29.6 cm.)

L. Baldass: 'Jacob van Utrecht', Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, XXXI, 1920, pp. 241-242, no. 3, illustrated.
M. J. Friedländer: 'Neues über Jacob van Utrecht', Oud-Holland, LVIII, 1941, p. 7, no. 6.
J. J. De Mesquita, 'Nog meer werk van Jacob van Utrecht', Oud-Holland, LVIII, 1941, p. 62.
G. V. Scammell, The World Encompassed: The First European Maritime Empires, c. 800-1650, London, 1987, p. 75.
P. Dollinger, The German Hansa, London, 1999, p. 276.
(Probably) H. Vogeler, Das Triptychon des Hinrich und der Katharina Kerckring von Jacob van Utrecht, Lübeck, 1999, pp. 19, 35.
J. Barck, Das Kerkring-Triptychon von Jacob van Utrecht oder Die bürgerliche Säkularisierung mittelalterlicher Bildräume, Frankfurt, 2001, pp. 24-25.

Dr. Wartensleben, The Hague.
Private collection, Vienna.
with A. S. Drey, Munich, 1919.
Collection Charles Stokvis; sale, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 17 November 1947, lot 101, illustrated pl. IV.
Acquired by the father of the present owner on the Brussels art market in 1968.