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Lot 6005 - ibid110 Old Master Paintings – online only - Tuesday, 31. March 2020, 12.00 AM

Attributed to JAN ANTHONISZ. VAN RAVESTEYN

(1570 The Hague 1657)
Portrait of George Villiers, 1. Duke of Buckingham (1592–1628). Circa 1618.
Oil on canvas
59.8 × 46.5 cm.

Provenance:
Swiss private collection.

Our thanks to Prof. Karen Hearn for identifying the sitter as George Villiers

Our thanks to Sabine Craft-Giepmans of RKD, The Hague, who has suggested the attribution to Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn on the basis of a photograph and dates the work to circa 1618.

Condition:
Oil on canvas, relined. Fine net of craquelures. Partly are small scratch marks, superficial pollution and small colour break-ups visible. Slight colour abrasion along the edges.
Under UV: touch-ups along the edges. Several retouching in the background as well as some touch-ups on the hair of the sitter and on his garment visible. Varnish appears in fluorescent green.


CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

Sold for CHF 2 625 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.