Jan Frans Douven, attributed to - Portrait of Baron Franz Friedrich von Norprath - image-1

Lot 28 Rα

Jan Frans Douven, attributed to - Portrait of Baron Franz Friedrich von Norprath

Auction 1104 - overview Cologne
14.03.2018, 14:30 - Paintings 15th-19th Century
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.224 € (incl. premium)

Jan Frans Douven, attributed to

Portrait of Baron Franz Friedrich von Norprath

Oil on canvas. 87.5 x 71 cm.

Inscribed to the back of the canvas: "Freijherr von Norprath General und / Gouverneur zu dusseldorff".
The gentleman depicted here is thought to be Baron Franz Friedrich von Norprath (1660/61-1727), who was a major general and colonel of a regiment of foot in the army of the Palatian Elector. (Cf. Kurt Niederau: Die Herren v. Norprath auf dem Dyckhof, 1. Teil in: Meerbuscher Geschichtshefte 10, 1993, p. 4-79, 2. Teil in: Meerbuscher Geschichtshefte 11, 1994, p. 59-95).