An Unknown Flemish Man, 1619
manner of Frans Pourbus the younger (Antwerp 1569 – Paris 1622)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1619 (inscribed)
Materials
oil on panel
Measurements
1054 x 743 mm (41 1/2 x 29 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453750
Summary
Oil painting on panel, An Unknown Flemish Man, 1619, by an artist working in the manner of Frans Pourbus the younger (Antwerp 1569 - Paris 1622), inscribed: Ao. 1619. A three-quarter-length portrait of an unknown man, standing, turned slightly to the right, head facing the viewer. The unknown man wears a black doublet with white trimmings at the wrist, and a round, white ruff. He has a moustache and a small, round-edged goatee beard. His right hand rests on a table, his left is at his hip. Pendant to the portrait of an unknown Flemish woman, 1619.
Provenance
Possibly purchased by William I Blathwayt (?1649-1717) from Thomas Povey (1613/14-c.1705); thence by descent; purchased by Colnaghi for the National Trust from the sale of paintings from Dyrham Park at Sotheby's, 29 February 1956, lot 55.
Credit line
Dyrham Park, The Blathwayt Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Top left: Ao. 1619
Makers and roles
manner of Frans Pourbus the younger (Antwerp 1569 – Paris 1622), artist previously catalogued as by Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661), artist
References
Bargain and sale for £500 from Thos. Povey, the art collector and connoisseur, to Wm. Blathwayt, both of St. Martins-in-the-Fields (co. Middlesex) of pictures and books [1693], ? no.65 Catalogue of Old Master paintings the property of J. R. W. Blathwayt, Esq. [1956]., lot 55 Ducos 2011 Blaise Ducos, Frans Pourbus le Jeune (1569-1622): Le portrait d'apparat à l'aube du Grand Siècle entre Habsbourg, Médicis et Bourbons, Dijon, 2011, p.307