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Manner of Pieter Pourbus
Lot 326

Manner of Pieter Pourbus

Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Caspar Müller (b. 1548), aged 26, half-length, in a dark doublet and hat and a lace collar, holding a glove in his right hand

Fermé12 July 2012

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GBP 4,000

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Manner of Pieter Pourbus
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Caspar Müller (b. 1548), aged 26, half-length, in a dark doublet and hat and a lace collar, holding a glove in his right hand
with inscription and date 'ÆTATIS SVÆ XXVI· Ano 1574.' (upper right) and the Müler coat-of-arms (upper left)
oil on canvas, unlined
18¾ x 14½ in. (47.7 x 36.8 cm.)
the stretcher with an old inscription and date 'Benedicto Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum. Psalm: 123. Beno: Ao ·1655·' in a parcel-gilt and ebonised frame

Note du spécialiste

We are grateful to Jan van Helmont for suggesting that the sitter is likely to be Caspar Müller, born 1548 in Wehr, near Lucerne.