Lot 46: Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dordrecht 1627-1678)

Portrait of a young man, bust-length, in a brocade-lined cloak and a velvet black cap
oil on canvas
20 1/2 x 17 3/8 in. (52.2 x 44.2 cm.)

W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Landau, 1983, IV, p. 2965, no. 1988, illustrated p. 3055, as School of Rembrandt.

Rev. H. Howlett (reputedly a gift from the Fairfax family, Leeds Castle), and by descent to Rev. L. Howlett.
George French, and by descent through Blanche French to her godson.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Lady]; Christie's, 25 February 1994, lot 142.
with Johnny van Haeften, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN H. SCHAEFFER (lots 38, 46 and 48)

Professor Sumowski has revised his previous attribution for this picture, and now regards it as probably by Samuel van Hoogstraten. He will include it in the sixth volume of his Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, with this attribution. The identification of the sitter remains elusive, however the young man does bear a close resemblance to Herman Dullaert, for whose portrait by Philips Koninck see Sumowski, op. cit., III, p. 1541, no. 1029, illustrated p. 1579.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium