Portrait of a Gentleman
Three-quarter length wearing an honorary medal, possibly that of a chivalric order
Oil on panel
Inscribed high left Aetatis 63/Ao 1616
Size: 44.5 x 33.25 in.

Provenance: Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris (their wax seal verso); John Motley Morehead, Rye, New York (Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 30/April/1965, lot 128); from whom purchased by the 'Property of a Main Line Philadelphia Estate' (according to previous catalogue notes); Sale of Old Master Paintings, Sotheby's, New York, Sale 05/April/1990; from whom purchased by the present Private Collection, Toronto.

Literature: Charles Sedelmeyer, Illustrated Catalogue of the Third Series of 100 Paintings by Old Masters, 1896, pp. 32-33, cat. no. 23, illustrated.

Note: This painting was previously given as the work of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt both in the Sedelmeyer illustrated catalogue, 1896, and by Sotheby's catalogue, 1990.

Condition report available upon request.