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image of Portrait of a Merchant
Jan Gossaert (artist)
Netherlandish, c. 1478 - 1532
Portrait of a Merchant, c. 1530
oil on panel
Overall: 63.6 x 47.5 cm (25 1/16 x 18 11/16 in.) framed: 83.8 x 68.6 x 5.7 cm (33 x 27 x 2 1/4 in.)
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
1967.4.1
From the Tour: Antwerp in the Early 1500s
Object 2 of 7

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The Marquesses of Lansdowne, London and Bowood, Wiltshire, by 1866; sold by Lord Landsown in January 1967 to (Thos. Agnew & Sons, London);[1] purchased January 1967 by NGA.

[1] First exhibited in this year; London, British Institution, 1866, Exhibitions of Works by Ancient Masters, no. 70. The citation was provided by Lorne Campbell. The date of the exhibition is sometimes erroneously given as 1886. Acquisition and sales date per Stockbook no. 5664, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.

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