Portrait of an Almoner of Antwerp
1542
Painter
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on panel
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 84.8 x 63.2 cm (33 3/8 x 24 7/8 in.)
framed: 128.9 x 108.9 cm (50 3/4 x 42 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1956.3.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Galerie Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris); Mr. Einstein;[1] his son, Lewis Einstein [1877-1967], Paris; gift 1956 to NGA.
[1] Date of purchase unknown; memorandum by Lewis Einstein of 10 April 1962 in NGA curatorial files states that "it was bought by his father at the Sedelmeyer sale. Flemish authorities told him it was close to Massys." The Galerie Charles Sedelmeyer was active in Paris from the late 19th century through the early twentieth, both as private dealer and as a venue for auction sales. A major, four-part sale of Sedelmeyer's collection was held in 1907; this picture is not included in that sale. Sedelmeyer died in 1925.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1972
Styles in Portraiture, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972, no cat.
Bibliography
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 50, as Flemish School, Goosen van Bonhuysen.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 42, repro., as Flemish School, Goosen van Bonhuysen.
1973
Voet, Leon. Antwerp. The Golden Age. Antwerp, 1973: 99, repro. 98.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 128, repro., as Goosen van Bonhuysen.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 32, repro.
1986
Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff. Early Netherlandish Painting. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, 1986: 14, repro. 13.
Inscriptions
across top: ALS MEN.SCRIEF.1542.OVT SIINDE.48.IAER.OP.DAT.PAS / WAERT.DAT.IC.AELMOESENNIER.VA.ANVERPE.WAS (In 1542 when I was 48, I was then almoner of Antwerp)
Wikidata ID
Q20176316