Follower of Barthel Bruyn, the Younger

Charles S. Boehler;
John. D. McIhenny, late President of the Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia;
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, June 5-7, 1946, lot 496 (as School of Bartholomeus Bruyn);
Christie's, New York, June 6, 1984, lot 34 (as by Bartholomaeus Bruyn, the Younger);
A private American collector;
Sotheby's, New York, "Property from a Distinguished Private Collection," January 23, 2003, lot 72.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Loan Exhibition of the John Dexter McIhenny Collection, June-October 1917, no. 65.

Painted on a single oak panel which is flat, stable, and uncradled. The picture is under a uniformly opaque varnish, but with a strong UV light some scattered retouches in the face and hands are visible, as well as pin dot sized retouches in the drapery. There do not appear to be major losses or damages. The coat-of-arms at upper right has thinned somewhat. In a carved giltwood frame.
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