Follower of Frans Hals
Lot 4

Follower of Frans Hals

Portrait of a gentleman, said to be Willem Warmondt (1583-1649), bust-length, in a black costume with a white collar, holding a pen in his right hand

Closed14 November 2007

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Follower of Frans Hals
Portrait of a gentleman, said to be Willem Warmondt (1583-1649), bust-length, in a black costume with a white collar, holding a pen in his right hand
inscribed 'AETAT SVAE 30' (centre right)
oil on panel, oval
43.6 x 36 cm.

F. Lippmann, Berlin.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1919.
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.

Specialist note

The present composition is based on Frans Hals' portrait of Willem Warmondt (Amsterdam 1583-1649 Haarlem) in the right foreground in Banquet of the officers of the St. Hadrian civic guard company, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem (see S. Slive, op. cit., no. 45). Warmondt was owner of the brewery 't Gecroonde Ancker and for some time mayor of Haarlem.