PIETER VAN LINT | PORTRAIT OF A BEARDED MAN, BUST-LENGTH, IN BLACK WITH A WHITE COLLAR

With Galerie Bodan, Konstanz;

Jochen Kiefer, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, circa 1975;

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 7 May 1997, lot 62, when acquired.

H.-J. Raupp (ed.), Niederländische Malerei des. 17. Jahrhunderts der SØR Rusche-Sammlung, vol. 5, Stilleben und Tierstücke, Münster/Hamburg/London 2004, pp. 298–99, cat. no. 69, reproduced in colour.

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In 1632, Peter van Lint became a master in the Antwerp guild of St. Luke. He went to Italy shortly afterwards, where he was commissioned to paint portraits, religious paintings and murals for numerous churches in Rome. Upon his return in 1640, he opened an important studio in Antwerp, which attracted at least seventeen recorded pupils, including Godfried Maes.