An Unknown Gentleman, aged 41
Willem Adriaensz. Key (Breda c.1515 - Antwerp 1568)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1560
Materials
Oil on panel (oval)
Measurements
547 x 450 mm
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129812
Summary
Oil painting on panel (oval), An Unknown Gentleman, aged 41 by Willem Key (Breda c.1515 – Antwerp 1568), circa 1560 (indistinctly dated). An oval half-length portrait of a gentleman, aged 41, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, with a beard, and wearing a black coat and white ruff, with his left hand raised in front of his body.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Makers and roles
Willem Adriaensz. Key (Breda c.1515 - Antwerp 1568), artist