CIRCLE OF JACOPO TINTORETTO (VENICE 1519-1594) Portrait of a man, three-quarter length, in a suit of armor, with a seascape beyond oil on canvas 46 1/8 x 38 1/8 in. (117.1 x 97 cm.)
CIRCLE OF JACOPO TINTORETTO (VENICE 1519-1594) Portrait of a man, three-quarter length, in a suit of armor, with a seascape beyond oil on canvas 46 1/8 x 38 1/8 in. (117.1 x 97 cm.)
Freidrich Alexander Maria 'Fritz' Mandl (1900-1977), Vienna, from whom confiscated by Nazi authorities on 10 October 1938. Restituted to Fritz Mandl on 29 September 1950. Jonkheer Henri Jean Louis Leyssius and Lady Jacoba van den Bosch, and by descent to, Lady V. Rheineck Leyssius, her deceased sale; Christie's, London, 12 July 1963, lot 80 (800 gns. to Pellant). Anonymous sale; Roseberys, London, 16 March 2011, lot 725, as Follower of Tintoretto. Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 17 October 2012, lot 615, as Jacopo Tintoretto, where acquired by the present owner.
Please note an attribution to the Studio of Jacopo Tintoretto has been put forward by scholars since the publication of the printed catalogue.