LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on limewood panel

Measurements:

15.59 in. (39.60 cm.) (height) by 12.80 in. (32.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

dated upper left: 1535

Literature:

G. de Térey, 'Two Portraits by Barthel Beham in New York',. Art in America , vol. 13, October 1925, pp. 310-14, reproduced on p. 311;. C. L. Kuhn, A Catalogue of German Paintings of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in American Collections , Cambridge, Mass., 1936, p. 57, no. 218 (as Barthel Beham, Portrait of a bearded man); . L. Fudickar, Die Bildniskunst der Nürnberger Barthel Beham und Peter Gertner , Diss., Munich 1942, pp. 25-26, no. 30a; . K. Löcher in Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon , Saur (ed.), 1994, vol. 8, p. 289; . K. Löcher, Bartel Beham: ein Maler aus dem Dürerkreis , Munich-Berlin 1999, pp. 167, 195, no. 24, reproduced on p. 162.

Provenance:

Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris according to wax seal on the reverse;. Theron J. Blakeslee (d. 1914), New York; . His sale et al., New York, The American Art Association, 13-14 April 1899, lot 51 (as Christoph Amberger, 'Portrait of a nobleman', reproduced), for $1000; . Stanford White, New York; . Mr Robert de Forest (1848-1931), New York, by 1925; . By inheritance to his wife Emily de Forest (d. 1942), New York; . By whom sold, New York, American Art Association, 29-30 January 1936, lot 243 (as Barthel Beham, 'Portrait of a nobleman', reproduced); . Acquired there or shortly thereafter by the present owner. . .