Master Paintings and Sculpture Part II

Master Paintings and Sculpture Part II

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Nicolas de Neufchâtel

Portrait of a man, three-quarter length, holding gloves, and resting his right hand on a table, atop which rests a vase with a spray of flowers, all set before a stone niche

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January 27, 09:38 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Nicolas de Neufchâtel

Mons circa 1527 - 1584 Nuremberg

Portrait of a man, three-quarter length, holding gloves, and resting his right hand on a table, atop which rests a vase with a spray of flowers, all set before a stone niche


oil on canvas

canvas: 46⅛ by 36⅝ in.; 117.2 by 93 cm.

framed: 54¾ by 45⅝ in.; 139.1 by 115.9 cm. 

Stefano Bardini (1836 - 1922), Florence;
Gambero collection, Genoa, by circa 1900;
Harold Sidney Harmsworth (1868-1940), 1st Viscount Rothermere, Mereworth Castle, Kent, 1932;
Thence by descent and sold, London, Christie's, 2 August 1946, lot 41 (as circle of Titian);
Where acquired by Bellesi, Florence and London, until at least 1956;
Central Picture Gallery, New York;
Where acquired by Lewis J. Ruskin, Arizona, 1958-1981;
Thence by descent to the present owner.  
P.G. Konody, Works of Art in the Collection of Viscount Rothermere, London 1932, reproduced plate 32 (as Lorenzo Lotto, close to the paintings of his Bergamesque period, circa 1518-1528);
E. Fahy, L'archivio storico fotografico di Stefano Bardini: Dipinti-Disegni-Miniature-Stampe, Florence 2000, pp. 29, 110, cat. no. 87, reproduced (as Northern Italian School, circa 1590").