MANNER OF ADRIAEN ISENBRANDT

When this painting first appeared on the art market in 1931, the great connoisseur of early Netherlandish painting Max J. Friedländer believed it to be by Isenbrandt and judged the work to be a 'wohl erhaltene Bild,' a 'well-preserved picture' (loc. cit.). Even at this early date, however, the painting appears to have been substantially restored and, although the overall effect is charming, the overpaint renders it difficult to ascertain the portrait's authorship.