Seventeenth century German School portrait of a man in a plain white linen collar against a black ground, oil on panel in a deep gilt frame

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German School, Portrait of a Man in a White Collar, 17th Century Oil on Panel, Deep Gilt Frame

German School, 17th century

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The small gilt framed portrait hung on a pale panelled wall beside a marble fireplace (17th century German portrait)

Macro of the cradle, five fixed uprights crossed by four sliding battens still free in their housings, the old timber flighted by worm

Macro of the face, the blue eyes each with their point of light, every fold of the brow and neck drawn, the colour set high on the cheek and the nose

Raking view of the panel edge showing its thinness and the ends of the cradle battens, the dark ground modelled rather than flat

Close macro of the face, the fold of the brow and the slack of the jaw drawn without flattery, an old split running with the grain above the forehead

Macro of the panel seated in the frame rebate, held by iron points, the cradle timber and the frame back both showing old worm flight

The face is lit and nothing else is. Head, collar, and then black, with the shoulders barely emerging from a ground that has gone almost opaque.

Oil on panel, 9 x 8 inches (23 x 20 cm), 14 x 12 inches (36 x 30 cm) framed, unsigned. German School, seventeenth century, in a deep gilt frame.

A man of middle age turned three quarters to the right, his brown hair falling straight to the jaw, a plain white linen collar lying flat over a dark coat. The face is modelled in close grey and pink glazes with the lines of the brow and the mouth drawn in a fine dark line over them. He does not look out of the picture. His eyes go past the viewer to the right, and the mouth is set.

Somebody paid to save this panel
The back carries a full cradle, a lattice of fixed and sliding battens glued across the grain to hold a panel flat once it has begun to move. It is a restorer's job, slow and expensive, and nobody commissions it for a picture they do not value. On a panel of nine inches by eight, the cradle cost more than most portraits of this size are worth.

The paint layer is stable, with small losses at the lower left and upper left corners, light surface scratches across the brow and a fine speckling in the varnish over the dark ground. A short old split runs with the grain at the top of the panel, held by the cradle.

Provenance ▾

Private collection, Europe

Artist

German School, 17th century

Period

17th century

Origin

Germany

Style

German Baroque

Medium

Oil on panel

Signature

Unsigned

Frame

Deep gilt frame with a fluted hollow, moulded acanthus corners and a beaded inner edge, with wear and small losses to the ornament, losses to the gesso and one open joint at a corner.

Features

Original, one of a kind

Painting

9 x 8 inches

Framed

14 x 12 inches

Condition

Good condition for its age. The paint layer is stable and the panel is held flat by the cradle at the reverse. Small losses at the lower left and upper left corners, light surface scratches across the brow, and a fine speckling in the varnish over the dark ground. A short old split runs with the grain at the top of the panel.

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