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An image of Portrait of a young man with lace collar holding a book by Paulus Moreelse

Paulus Moreelse

(Netherlands 1571–05 Mar 1638)

Title
Portrait of a young man with lace collar holding a book
Other titles:
Portrait of a young man
Portrait of a young man with lace collar
An unknown young man
Portrait of a man with a book
Portrait of a youth holding a book
Year
1638
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on oak panel
Dimensions

76.2 x 59.7cm panel; 94.0 x 79.6 x 5.8cm frame

Signature & date
Not signed. Dated l.l., "AETATIS/ 18/ 1638".
Credit
Gift of Lady Binning 1911
Accession number
982
Location
Not on display
Provenance (2)

Lady Binning (England, d.1952), 1909-24 Feb 1911, England, Gift of Lady Binning 1911

George Salting (Australia; England, b.1835, d.1909), pre 1909, London/England, by descent from George Salting to his niece Katherine Augusta Milicent Salting (only child of George Salting's brother William Severin Salting) who married George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning (1856-1917). Perhaps the work listed as 'Portrait of a man with a book' in this collection ?

Bibliography (2)

Agnew's, London, Catalogue of the collection of pictures and drawings of the late Mr George Salting 1910, London, 1910. cat.no. 171, as Dutch School 'Portrait of a man with a book'

Peter Tomory and Robert Gaston, European Paintings before 1800 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1989, 123 (illus.). cat.no. 374

Exhibition history (1)

Collection of pictures and drawings of the late Mr George Salting, Agnew's, London, London, Jan 1910–Jan 1910