Live Auction 22751Old Master Paintings and Sculpture: Part II
LORENZ STRAUCH (NUREMBERG 1559-1630)
Lot 227

LORENZ STRAUCH (NUREMBERG 1559-1630)

Portrait of a man, bust-length, in a black slashed silk doublet with a Puntonari lace standing collar; Portrait of a woman, bust-length, with a lace ruff and gold chains

Closed31 January 2024

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LORENZ STRAUCH (NUREMBERG 1559-1630)
Portrait of a man, bust-length, in a black slashed silk doublet with a Puntonari lace standing collar; Portrait of a woman, bust-length, with a lace ruff and gold chains
the first dated and signed with initials 'ANNO 1617 LS' ('LS' linked upper right)
the second dated and signed with initials 'AN[N]O 1617 /LS' ('LS' linked upper left)
oil on panel
22 ¼ X 17 ¼ in. (56.5 x 44.4 cm.), each
(2)a pair

Acquired by the grandmother of the present owner, by 1972.

Specialist note

Little is known about the painter Lorenz Strauch other than he was active as a painter and engraver in the city of Nuremberg. This monogrammed pair of portraits appear characteristic when compared to other surviving portraits (invariably signed) by the artist. The sitters' identities remain a mystery but, given the man's slashed doublet and the woman's lace ruff and gold necklace, they were likely a wealthy couple in the artist's native city of Nuremburg. We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer for endorsing the attribution to Strauch upon first hand inspection.