Frans Pourbus I (Bruges 1545/6-1581 Antwerp)
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Frans Pourbus I (Bruges 1545/6-1581 Antwerp)

Portrait of a bearded gentleman, bust-length, in a black doublet with a white lace ruff, painted oval

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Frans Pourbus I (Bruges 1545/6-1581 Antwerp)
Portrait of a bearded gentleman, bust-length, in a black doublet with a white lace ruff, painted oval
inscribed 'AETA: 48' (upper right) and dated '1574' (upper left)
oil on panel, unframed
29¾ x 23¾ in. (75.6 x 60.3 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Fiévez, Brussels, 3-4 July 1919 [=1st day], lot 121.
Jules Porgès (1838-1921), Paris.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, before 1931.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1945.
in the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.