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Portrait of a Man in a White Collar, German School Oil on Panel, 1600s The small gilt framed portrait hung on a pale panelled wall beside a marble fireplace (17th century German portrait)

Portrait of a Man in a White Collar, German School Oil on Panel, 1600s

German School, 17th century

Medium

Oil on panel

Painting size

9 x 8 in. (23 x 20 cm.)

Signature

Unsigned

Period

17th century

Framed size

14 x 12 in. (36 x 30 cm.)

Price

$8,900 USD

Frame. Deep gilt frame with a fluted hollow, moulded acanthus corners and a beaded inner edge, with wear and an open joint at one corner

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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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
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
Macro of the cradle, five fixed uprights crossed by four sliding battens still free in their housings, the old timber flighted by worm
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
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, 17th century
Portrait of a Man in a White Collar
Oil on panel

Unsigned. 9 x 8 inches (23 x 20 cm), the frame 14 x 12 inches (36 x 30 cm). Deep gilt frame. Panel cradled and stable, small losses at two corners, an old split at the top.

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.

He is 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 modeled in close grey and pink glazes, and the lines of the brow and the fold of the jaw are drawn over them in a fine dark line. His blue eyes go past the viewer to the right, each with its point of light, and the mouth is set.

Note

A cradle is a lattice glued to the back of a thin panel, fixed battens running with the grain and loose ones sliding across it, meant to hold the board flat while still letting it move. Restorers fitted them to many old panels from the eighteenth century onward. When the sliding battens jammed, the wood could no longer move and split instead, and conservators have since removed a great many cradles for that reason. Turn this one over and the cross battens still slide in their housings.

Condition report

Age shows on close inspection.

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.

German School, 17th century

Portrait of a Man in a White Collar, German School Oil on Panel, 1600s

German School, 17th century
Size 9 x 8 in.Framed 14 x 12 in.
ConditionGood See report and photos ↓
FrameAntique frame · Gilt composition
Medium Oil on panel17th century
Price $8,900 USD
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Oil on panel · 17th century · Antique frame

The reverse

Panel on a cradle, its sliding battens still free in their housings

Artist
German School, 17th century
Origin
Germany
Style
German Baroque
Size
9 x 8 in. (23 x 20 cm.)
Signature
Unsigned
Frame
Antique frameGilt compositionDeep gilt frame with a fluted hollow, moulded acanthus corners and a beaded inner edge, with wear and an open joint at one cornerFramed 14 x 12 in. (36 x 30 cm.)

What the grades mean

All grades are relative to the age of the painting. They describe the painting itself, the frame is described separately. Fine age craquelure is normal and never lowers a grade.

Where signs of age can be seenUp closeAt normal viewing distance
Very goodminorNo
GoodThis paintingYesNo
FairYesYes
Needs conservationYesdamage

GoodThis painting

Stable. Signs of age or earlier restoration are visible on close inspection, such as small retouches or a slightly yellowed varnish. The overall appearance is intact.

Other grades

Very good

Stable. Only minor, old retouches or very small losses, not distracting at normal viewing distance. The canvas may have been relined or cleaned in the past.

Fair

Stable and ready to hang, but wear or earlier restoration is noticeable at normal viewing distance, such as visible retouching, a discoloured varnish or scattered small losses.

Needs conservation

Visible damage a conservator should treat, such as flaking, a tear, larger losses or heavy old repaint. Every issue is shown in the photographs.

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Man in a White Collar, 1600s

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