Live Auction 15655Old Masters Part II
Attributed to Barthel Bruyn I (Wesel 1493-1555 Cologne)
Lot 203 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MR. GERARD ARNHOLD

Attributed to Barthel Bruyn I (Wesel 1493-1555 Cologne)

Portrait of a lady, said to be Princess Sybille of Cleves, half-length, wearing a black costume, gold chain and an elaborate headdress, holding a book and rose bud

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Attributed to Barthel Bruyn I (Wesel 1493-1555 Cologne)
Portrait of a lady, said to be Princess Sybille of Cleves, half-length, wearing a black costume, gold chain and an elaborate headdress, holding a book and rose bud
oil on panel, laid down to panel, shaped top
19 x 14 in. (48.1 x 35.5 cm.)

[Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 4 April 1990, lot 232, as 'Barthel Bruyn, the Elder', where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Princess Sybille of Cleves, the eldest daughter of Johann III, Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark, married John Frederick I, later Elector of Saxony, in 1527. Several portraits of her by Lucas Cranach I are known, all with similar features, including the almond-shaped face, high forehead, and fine eyebrows evident in this painting.

In a certificate dated Berlin, 13 August 1931, Max Friedlander described the painting as by Barthel Bruyn and suggested a date of circa 1540.