Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder, attributed to - Portrait of a Bearded Man - image-1

Lot 1507 Dα

Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder, attributed to - Portrait of a Bearded Man

Auction 1209 - overview Cologne
19.11.2022, 11:00 - Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture 14th-19th Centuries
Estimate: 8.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 9.450 € (incl. premium)
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Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder, attributed to

Portrait of a Bearded Man

Oil on panel. 34 x 25.5 cm.

The present work depicting an unknown gentleman originates from the collection of the Frankfurt businessman, art collector and patron Georg Hartmann (1870-1954), who had strong ties to the Städelsches Kunstmuseum in Frankfurt. The work is not listed in Hildegard Westhoff-Krummacher's 1965 catalogue raissonné, but can be attributed to this artist on stylistic grounds. The piece is comparable to the portraits of Cologne patricians carried out by Bruyn and his studio in around 1530/40. Barthel Bruyn the Elder is first recorded in Cologne in 1515/16. Apart from several sojourns to the Netherlands, Cologne remained his primary place of work and his style was highly influential for the development of art in the city.

Provenance

Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin, Bellvuestraße 14 (labelled on the reverse). - Collection of Georg Hartmann, Frankfurt am Main, no. 149 (labelled on the reverse). - South German private collection.