Lot 79: Thomas de Keyser (Amsterdam c.1596-1667)

Portrait of a gentleman, seated three-quarter-length, in a black costume with white collar and black hat, 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 in seiner Villa zu Schönberg bei Cronberg im Taunus, Berlin, 1910, no. 39, fig. 13.
R. Oldenbourg, Thomas de Keysers Tätigkeit als Maler: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des holländischen Portraits, Leipzig, 1911, p. 57, no. 52, fig. 20, as dated 1642.
A. Jensen Adams, The Paintings of Thomas de Keyser (1596/7-1667): A Study of Portraiture in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam, 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 (ffrs 24000), where bought by the father of the present owners.

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