LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

48.03 in. (122.00 cm.) (height) by 38.74 in. (98.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Lüttichüys · Fecit / Anno · 1657 ·' (upper left)

Literature:

B. Ebert, Simon und Isaack Luttichuys: Monographie mit kritischem Werkverzeichnis, Berlin and Munich, 2009, no. Is.A72, pp. 257, 500 and 570, fig. 182.

Provenance:

M. van Houten, Utrecht (according to an old label on the reverse). Viscount Weymouth, Norton Hall, near Rugby; sold Sotheby's, London, 4 October 1944, lot 48, as 'B. van der Helst'. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 November 1975, lot 33, as 'Bartholomeus van der Helst', 'Portrait of a Man, said to be Dirk van Collen, Lord of Bredelar', (£1,800). Private collection, France. Anonymous sale; Tajan, Paris, 29 March 1994, lot 65, as 'Bartholomeus van der Helst', 'Portrait présumé de Dirk van Collen'. with Bob Haboldt, Paris, 2000. Private collection, Geneva. Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 14 April 2011, lot 16 (£30,000), when acquired by the present owner.