Martin de Vos (1532 - 1603) A portrait of a gentleman Oil on...

Hammer

£75,000

Martin de Vos (1532 - 1603)
A portrait of a gentleman
Oil on panel
Signed middle right, 'AD VOS F'
Inscribed upper left, 'ÆTATIS SVÆ 51 AN M V LXIIII'

Property of a Gentleman

Antwerp in the 1550s was the financial centre of the whole world, brokering and financing kings and nations. No trading country failed to send representatives there.
This vigourous and powerful portrait, clearly of a highly successful Antwerp merchant in his prime, is a wonderful depiction, with the gloves, the rich black coat and the fur lined collar, of wealth and power and mercantile expertise.

Provenance:

Sotheby’s, London 24th March 1971, Lot 109, Martin De Vos, Portrait of a Gentleman;
with Richard Philp Gallery, London;
acquired from the above by the vendor c.1982.

Literature:

Armin Zweite, Marten de Vos als maler, 1980. “Portrait of an unknown man,” illustrated.

Dimensions:
(Canvas) 50 in. (H) x 37 in. (W)
(Frame) 67.5 in. (H) x 53 in. (W)