Lot 52: Thomas de Keyser (Amsterdam c.1596-1667)

Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black costume with white collar and black hat, seated with a compass in his left hand
signed with monogram and dated 'TDK 1649' (lower right)
oil on panel
29.3 x 24 cm.

New York, F. Kleinberger, The collection of pictures of the late Herr A. de Ridder: formerly in his villa at Schönberg near Cronberg in the Taunus, 24 November-15 December 1913, no. 39, fig. 13.

W. von Bode, Die Gemäldegallerie des Herrn A. de Ridder, Berlin, 1910, no. 39, fig. 13.
R. Oldenbourg, Thomas de Keysers Tätigkeit als Maler, Leipzig, 1911, p. 57, no. 52, fig. 20, as dated 1642.
A. Jensen Adams, The Paintings of Thomas de Keyser (1596/7-1667), Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1985, I, pp. 428-30; II, p. 143, no. 81.

H. Oberkampf, Paris.
A. de Ridder, Cronberg, 1910; Petit Palais, Paris, 2 June 1924, lot 36, as dated 1642 (24.000 FF), where purchased by the father of the present owners.

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