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Bartholomäus Bruyn the Younger
Portraits of Nicolaus von Gail and Sophie von Wedigh
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
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Bartholomäus Bruyn the Younger
Cologne circa 1530 - 1607/10
Portrait of Nicolaus von Gail;
Portrait of Sophie von Wedigh
his portrait charged upper right with the Von Gail coat of arms and inscribed on the frame: DAT DEVS ADDIT TEMPVS ET SEQVITVR AETAS. / ANNO 1560. AETATIS SVAE 26
her portrait charged upper left with the Von Wedigh coat of arms and inscribed on the frame: DAT DEVS ADDIT TEMPVS ET SEQVITVR AETAS. / ANNO 1565 AETATIS SVAE 21
oil on panel, shaped tops, a pair
each panel: 20 ¼ by 15 ¼ in.; 51.4 by 38.7 cm
each framed: 21 ½ by 16 ½ in.; 54.6 by 41.9 cm
Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831-1912), Belvedere House, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland;
Thence by inheritance with Belvedere House to his half-cousin Colonel Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury (1881-1963);
Thence by inheritance with Belvedere House to his friend, Rex Beaumont (1914-1988);
By whom sold ("The Property of Rex Beaumont, Esq, removed from Belvedere House, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath"), London, Christie's, 24 November 1967, lots 54, 55;
Where acquired by Leger Galleries, London;
From whom acquired by a private collector, 1968;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 4 July 1986, lot 58;
Private collector, France;
By whom anonymously sold ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Sotheby's, 10 July 2008, lot 106;
Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
W. Geelen, "Mitteilungen über Porträts des Kölner Patriciergeschlechts von Wedigh und Unterlagen zur Bestimmung derselben," in Beiträge zur Kölnischen, Geschichte, Sprache, Eigenart 2, no. 10/11 (January 1917), p. 179 note 24;
Paintings from Irish Collections, exhibition catalogue, Dublin 1957, p. 12, cat. nos. 30, 31, reproduced pl. XIII (as Flemish School, early 16th century);
H.J. Tümmers, "Bartholomäus Bruyn der Jüngere," in Sonderdruck aus dem Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 32 (1970), pp. 116, 127-128, cat. no. 5, reproduced figs. 91, 92;
B. Brinckmann and S. Kemperdick, Deutsche Gemälde im Städel, 1500-1550, Frankfurt 2005, pp. 111-112, reproduced fig. 88;
K. Petter-Wahnschaffe, Hans Holbein und der Stalhof in London, Berlin 2010, pp. 90-91, 350, cat. nos. 2, 3, reproduced figs. 28, 29.
Dublin, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Paintings from Irish Collections, 20 May - 25 August 1957, nos. 30, 31 (lent by R. Beaumont, Esq.).
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