Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre

Jan Sanders van Hemessen

Portrait of a bearded gentleman, aged 34, in front of an extensive landscape

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Jan Sanders van Hemessen

circa 1504 - 1556

Portrait of a bearded gentleman, aged 34, in front of an extensive landscape

inscribed on the card ÆTATIS / SVAE 34 / FORTVNE / LE VEVLT; stamped on verso with the royal insignia of William, Prince of Orange (1792–1849); inventory number 178 etched into the reverse

oil on panel

36⅛ in. by 28 3⁄4 in. 91,7 cm by 73 cm

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Jan Sanders van Hemessen

vers 1504 - 1556

Portrait d'un homme barbu âgé de 34 ans devant un paysage

porte une inscription sur la lettre ÆTATIS / SVAE 34 / FORTVNE / LE VEVLT

huile sur panneau

36⅛ in. by 28 3⁄4 in. 91,7 cm by 73 cm

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William, Prince of Orange, later King William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849)

Probably Henry Richard Greville, 3^rd Earl of Warwick (1779–1853)

Francis Richard Charles Greville, 5^th Earl of Warwick (1853–1924)

Thence by descent until

Sotheby's London, 9 July 2014, lot 41

Where acquired by the present owner

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Guillaume, Prince d'Orange, futur Guillaume II roi des Pays-Bas (1792–1849)

Probablement Henry Richard Greville, 3^rd Earl of Warwick (1779–1853)

Francis Richard Charles Greville, 5^th Earl of Warwick (1853–1924)

Par descendance jusqu'à la vente

Sotheby's Londres, 9 juillet 2014, lot 41

Où acquis par l'actuel propriétaire

F. E. Warwick, ‘Warwick Castle’, in The Pall Mall Magazine, vol. XI, January–April 1897, p. 40 (‘Portrait of a Man, with the inscription Aetatis suae 24 fortunae, by Porbus [sic]’), in the Red Sitting Room
B. Wallen, ‘The Portraits of Jan Sanders van Hemessen’, in Oud Holland, vol. LXXXVI, 1971, p. 70 ff.
B. Wallen, Jan van Hemessen. An Antwerp Painter between Reform and Counter-Reform, Michigan 1983, p. 309, no. 35, reproduced fig. 120

Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Le Siècle de Bruegel. La peinture en Belgique au XVIe siècle, 27 September-24 November 1963, no. 134, ill. 132
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, on long term loan