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Portrait of a Man
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Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy

Portrait of a Man

1625

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Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy

Portrait of a Man

1625

Physical Qualities Oil on wood panel, 47-1/4 x 34 in. (120 x 86.3cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Lorraine and Barry Friner, Baltimore, in Memory of Morris Friner, Dollie Williams and David Bogat
Object Number 2002.285
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Lorraine and Barry Friner, Baltimore, MD by purchase, May 2000; Alex Cooper Auctioneers, Towson, MD; Unknown owner; Galerie Guy Stein, Paris, February 17–March 9, 1940, lot 46; Sancholle by purchase, 1908; Evert Moll Sr. of Rijswijk and W.M. Helmich of Zwolle Collections Sale, Frederick Muller & Co., Amsterdam, December 15–16, 1908, lot 32; formerly collection of Evert Moll Sr., Rijswijk, NL.
The Galerie Guy Stein, “11’eme Exposition Vente,” February 17-March 9, 1940, no. 46.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Watershed: Transforming the Landscape in Early Modern Dutch Art," February 9–July 27, 2025.
Frederik Muller & Cie., Tableaux Anciens provenant des collections Evert Moll Sr. a Ryswyk Mr. W. M. Helmich à Zwolle d'une ancienne famille patricienne à Amsterdam et de quelques autres provenances (Amsterdam: Frederik Muller & Cie., 1908), p. 12, no. 32.

Inscribed: RECTO: Upper right corner of panel, painted into the painting reads: AEtatis . Suae. 47 / Ano . 1626 . VERSO: Small paper label, upper right Corner, questionably handwritten in ink, 2093; Smaller Paper Label, Upper center, handwritten in ink: 403 Upper center just left of '403' label, questionably printed writing in pencil/graphite directly on panel: N...10 Printed paper label,lower left: NICOLAES ELIAS/Amsterdam 1588 - mort entre 1653 et 1656/32 Portrait d'un capitaine de vaisseau./Un type admirable de ces intrépides navigateurs hollandais du/commencement de XVIIe siècle, se tient debout près d'une table/couverte d'un tapis vert. Sur son haut corps robust, une tête/aux traits accentués: sourcils froncés, yeux perçants nez droit,/grandes moustaches et petite barbe carrée aux poils roussâtres./La main droite, crispée, repose sur la table où l'on voit son chapeau/et le dessin d'une manoeuvre de vaisseau. La gauche est repliée/sur la hanche./Pourpoint noir avec manteau de même étoffe, drapé autour/des reins. Petit collerette droite en batiste./Daté: Aetatis suae 47 An 1626 (interpreted)/Bois. - Hauteur 121, largeur 89 centimètres./Superbe portrait d'une allure noble et sévère./Voir la reproduction. Handwritten onto the previous printed label's margin: Ventés/Fr. Muller/(?) Amsterdam/131 16x fl 3050 + 10%/Collections Evert Moll Sr. A Ryiwck/(?) M W M Helmut/ A Zwolle (?)/etc.(?)

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