Head of an Old Man
Abraham Bloemaert (Gorinchem 1566 – Utrecht 1651)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1639 (monogrammed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
356 x 253 mm (14 x 10 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298277
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Head of an Old Man by Abraham Bloemart (1566-1651), signed and dated, top right: ABloemaert f. 1639 (AB in monogram). A bust-length portrait of an old man with a beard, looking to the right, his left hand held against his chest.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958) to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Marks and inscriptions
115 / BLOEMARI (painted in black at base of frame)
Makers and roles
Abraham Bloemaert (Gorinchem 1566 – Utrecht 1651) , artist
References
Wright 1989 Christopher Wright, Dutch Painting in the Seventeenth Century: Images of a Golden Age in British Collections, London and Birmingham, 1989 Roethlisberger 1991 Marcel Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert, 1991