An Old Man, possibly Hubert Languet (1518-1581)
manner of Pieter Jansz. Pourbus the Elder (Gouda 1523 - Bruges 1584)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1730
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
745 x 635 mm
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139642
Summary
Oil painting on panel, An Old Man, possibly Hubert Languet (1518-1581), in the manner of Pieter Jansz. Pourbus the Elder (Gouda 1523 - Bruges 1584). Inscribed, top left: Sr LIONEL TALMAFH / BART Frederico Zuccaro / Pinxit. A head-and-shoulders portrait of an elderly man, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, with short grey hair and grey forked beard and moustache, his dressed in black and wears a small ruff collar. The sitter wrongly inscribed as Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Bt (1562?-1621) by Frederico Zaccaro.
Provenance
In 1911 inventory; acquired by HM Government, when Sir Lyonel and Cecil Tollemache presented Ham House to the National Trust, and subsequently transferred to the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1948; transferred to the National Trust, 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Marks and inscriptions
Sr Lionel Talmash/Bart. Frederico Zaccaro/Pinxf - top left of canvas.
Makers and roles
manner of Pieter Jansz. Pourbus the Elder (Gouda 1523 - Bruges 1584), artist Federico Zuccaro (Sant’Angelo in Vado c.1541 – Ancona 1609) , artist