After Hans Holbein the Younger

Portrait of a falconer

Lot Closed

December 7, 10:06 AM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the estate of the late Baroness Sylvia von Hohenberg

After Hans Holbein the Younger

Portrait of a falconer

dated and inscribed: · 1542 · / · ANNO · ETATIS · / · SVÆ · XXVIII

oil on walnut panel

unframed: 24.9 x 20.4 cm.; 9¾ x 8 in.

framed: 41 x 37 cm.; 16⅛ x 14⅝ in.

This finely executed work, inscribed on the reverse of the panel 'fait en 1805 d'apres le tableau original / d'Holbein [...]' , is based on a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger at the Mauritshuis, The Hague.¹

¹ Inv. no. 277; oil on panel; 24.6 x 18.8 cm.; https://www.mauritshuis.nl/ontdek-collectie/kunstwerken/277-portret-van-een-edelman-met-havik/