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GOTTFRIED VON WEDIG | PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN OF THE BEYWEGH FAMILY, HALF-LENGTH, AS A COUNCILLOR OF COLOGNE
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10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Property from the SØR Rusche Collection
GOTTFRIED VON WEDIG
Cologne 1583 - 1641
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN OF THE BEYWEGH FAMILY, HALF-LENGTH, AS A COUNCILLOR OF COLOGNE
signed and dated upper right: GDW F. 1637. (GD in ligature)
oil on oak panel, charged upper right with the coat of arms of the Beywegh family
unframed: 102.5 x 78.5 cm.; 40⅞ x 30⅞ in.
framed: 130 x 100 cm.; 51¼ x 39⅜ in.
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Possibly in the collection of Fürst Karl Anton zu Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen;
W. Kaiser, Freiburg;
His sale, Fribourg, Galerie Stuker, 23 June – 2 July 1958, lot 1523;
Anonymous sale, Lucerne, Fischer, 16–20 June 1964, lot 1561;
Art market, Germany;
Hans Boxheimer, Monsheim, by 1973;
Anonymous sale ('Sold by order of the executors of a deceased estate'), London, Phillips, 7 December 1993, lot 215, when acquired.
H. Vey, 'Kölner Zeichnungen aus dem 16., 17. und 18. Jahrhundert' in Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch, vol. 26, 1964, p. 85, footnote 39;
H. Vey, 'Nochmals Gottfried von Wedig, Augustin Braun und Everhard Jabach' in Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch, vol. 35, 1973, pp. 266–68, reproduced;
H.-J. Raupp (ed.), Niederländische Malerei des. 17. Jahrhunderts der SØR Rusche-Sammlung, vol. I, Portraits, Münster/Hamburg/London 1995, p. 158–161, cat. no. 61, reproduced in colour.
Liesborn, Museum Abtei Liesborn, on loan.
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At the time of the December 1993 sale, this portrait was described as a portrait of a gentleman, believed to be a Mayor of Cologne. It was accompanied by a certificate from Dr. Walther Bernt, dated 17 July 1964.