Portrait of a nobleman. 1566.

Oil on panel. (rounded top)

Upper right with coat of arms of the sitter, inscribed below o the frame: A 1566. Aetatis sue 33.

46.4 x 36.2 cm (with frame).

Provenance:
- Collection of Ferdinand Franz Wallraf, Cologne (Estate inventory 1824/25, fol. 113 verso No. 62; Ms. im Stadtarchiv Köln, Abt. 1105/I, caps. XIV, 30).
- Wallraf Richartz Museum, Cologne, last inventory number. 310, sold 1942.
- Art dealer, Kisters, Cologne.
- Lempertz auction, Cologne, 26.-28.5.1971, Lot 225, plate 5.
- Schmitz-Eichhoff collection.

Exhibited:
Das Bildnis in Köln vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert, Cologne 1921, No. 316.

Literature:
- Catalogue of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum 1862 (No. 359), 1864, (p. 66, No. 371), 1869-1888 (No. 440) and 1902-1914 (No. 316).
- Vey, Horst / Reineking von Bock, Gisela: Katalog der Gemälde und Fayencen in der Sammlung Schmitz-Eichhoff, Cologne 1971 (as school of Cologne, in the style of the younger Bartholomäus Bruyn ).