ADRIAEN THOMASZ KEY
Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman, Bust-Length, Wearing Gold Chains, 1575
Oil on oak panel
52.5 x 38.6 cm
20 5/8 x 15 1/4 in
20 5/8 x 15 1/4 in
Provenance
Collection of Evelyn Hugh Boscawen, 8th Viscount Falmouth (1887-1962);
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, by 1927;
Anonymous sale, Christie’s London, 22 February 1929, lot 148;
Where acquired by Colnaghi;
With Matthiesen Gallery, by 1939;
Anonymous sale, Christie's New York, 31 January 1997, lot 31;
Private collection, USA;
Anonymous sale, Stair Sainty gallery, New York, 24 October 2024, lot 474 (as ‘Attributed to Adriaen Thomas Key’);
Private collection, UK.
Literature
K. Jonckheere, Adriaen Thomasz. Key (c. 1545-c. 1589): Portrait of a Calvinist Painter, Brepols 2007, pp. 95-96, no. A47 and p. 269 (ill.).