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Attributed to Nicolas Neufchatel
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Nicolas Neufchatel
- Portrait of a bearded man, half-length, sitting at a table and holding an open book, with a dagger at his waist
- oil on canvas
Provenance
Acquired in 1903 by Friedrich Schwarz, Vienna;
Galerie Sankt Lucas, Vienna;
Emil Weinberger, Vienna;
His deceased sale Vienna, Auktionhaus C.J. Wawra, 22–24 October 1929 (as Nicholas Neufchatel);
Frieburg, Kunsthaus Pfisterer, 22–23 March 1950, lot 545 (as Nicholas Neufchatel).
Galerie Sankt Lucas, Vienna;
Emil Weinberger, Vienna;
His deceased sale Vienna, Auktionhaus C.J. Wawra, 22–24 October 1929 (as Nicholas Neufchatel);
Frieburg, Kunsthaus Pfisterer, 22–23 March 1950, lot 545 (as Nicholas Neufchatel).
Exhibited
Vienna, Wiener Secession, Drei Jahrhunderte Vlamische Kunst, 11 January – 2 March 1930, cat. no. 157 (as Nicholas Neufchatel).
Literature
Drei Jahrhunderte Vlämische Kunst 1400–1700, exhibition catalogue, Vienna 1930, p. 50, cat. no. 139 (as Nicholas Neufchatel).
Condition
The catalogue illustration is too dark and rather too blue in tone. The canvas has been relined. The paint surface is now dirty and has thick layer of discoloured varnish. There is an old 25 cm repaired horizontal step tear running across the background upper right reaching to the forehead of the sitter, and another smaller E-shaped old tear on his left cheek. A very small repaired tear runs just below this in the beard. Overall the paint surface appears well preserved, with no major damages in evidence and the principal details well preserved throughout. There has been some old restoration and strengthening in some of the shadows of the man's doublet, to the outline of his head and the background has been washed over.
Offered with a later gilt wood frame.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Although the sitter's dagger, dating to the 1540s or 1550s, has features particular to both North and South Germany, the overall style would seem to indicate an origin in either Augsburg or Nuremburg. Neufchatel lived in Nuremburg between 1561 and 1567.