Thursday 23 June 2016

A ca. 1540 portrait of known sitter for 330 Euro? Bargain!

Kunstauktionshaus Leipzig, in Germany, sells on 2 July 2016 as lot 1016 a "German painter, 16th century" portrait of Christoph Gugel (1466-1546), estimated at 330 Euro.

The sitter has also been portrayed in an engraving, and it is clearly the same person, but the engraving doesn't seem to be based on this painting. He was a Chancellor and council to three Holy Roman Emperors, so quite an important person in his day.

While I don't think the portrait can be attributed to any of the great names of the period, it still is a well-painted portrait considering the probable age of it (ca. 1540), and in good condition. To get something like this for 330 Euro would be an absolute bargain.


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