ID 1436598
Lot 172 | CORNELIUS JOHNSON VAN CEULEN (LONDON 1593-1661 UTRECHT)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Philip Herbert, 1st Earl of Montgomery and 4th Earl of Pembroke (1584-1650), bust-length, with a white lace collar and wearing the badge and star of the Order of the Garter, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
32 1/8 x 26 ¼ in. (81.6 x 66.6 cm.)
Provenance
with Leggatt Brothers, London (according to a label on the reverse).
Samuel Friedenberg (1886-1957), Byram, CT; his deceased sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 April 1958, lot 31, probably where acquired by the following,
Lewis J. Ruskin (1903-1981) and his wife, Lenore Ruskin Heavenrich, née Ginsburg (1920-1993), Scottsdale, by whom gifted in 1959 to the Arizona State University Art Museum.
Literature
'7 Art Masterpieces, valued at $250,000, Given to ASU', The Arizona Republic, 27 November 1958, p. 1.
E. Johnson, 'College Museum Notes', College Art Journal, Spring 1959, p. 257.
| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas, Trompe-l’œil |
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| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas, Trompe-l’œil |
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| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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