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Portrait of a gentleman

Lost Art-ID

153256

Artist / Creator

Dyck, Anton van

Birth

1599.03.22, Antwerpen

Death

1641.12.09, London

Place of activity

Antwerpen; London; Venedig; Genua; Rom; Palermo; Florenz; Brüssel; Den Haag; Blackfriars; Eltham

Title

Portrait of a gentleman

Dating

1628

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Oil ; Canvas / painted

Height

63.50 cm

Width

47.00 cm

Description

Innerhalb eines ovalen, grautonigen, profilierten Scheinrahmens dunklerer, bräunlich-grauer Grund. Dunkle Augen, helle Fleischfarbe mit lebhaften gelblichen Lichtern und grauen Schatten; das Rot der Haut tritt besonders kräftig am linken Ohr hervor. Haar braunblond, leicht meliert. Schwarzes Gewand mit goldenen Knöpfen und Goldkette. Weißer, stark abgetönter Kragen. Datiert unten im Profil der Rahmung: 1628.

Provenance

Bischoffsheim Collection, Baron Königswarter; the paintings were stored in the cellar of the Heylshof in 1943 and partly moved to Herrnsheim Castle. After the destruction of Heylshof during the war, they were reunited and exhibited in Herrnsheim Castle in 1947. The paintings reported as lost were missing. (Lost Works of Painting, 1965, page 182.

The painting was put up for auction at the Dorotheum auction house in Vienna in March 2004. At the request of the Kunsthaus Heylshof Foundation, it was withdrawn from the auction and deposited in court by Dorotheum. It will be clarified shortly whether an amicable agreement can be reached with the consignor regarding the return of the work. A legal dispute with the consignor regarding an auction was settled by the Wiesbaden Regional Court on 22 June 2007: The ownership claims of the Kunsthaus Heylshof Foundation were recognised as justified. The painting has been returned to the Museum Kunsthaus Heylshof since 11 March 2009.

Storage site

Worms, Schloss Herrnsheim

Status

restituted

Literature / Source

Swarzenski, Georg: Die Kunstsammlungen im Heylshof zu Worms. Beschreibender Katalog;; Frankfurt/Main; ohne Jahr Nr. 20/Tafel X

Published since

2001