Search for: Portrait of a Man, second quarter 16th Century, considered to be
the left side of a diptych by B. Bruyn the Elder (1493-1555),

Arched top panel painting with (34.5 x 24 cm (14.3 x 10 inches));
Painted surface (31.5 x 21.5 cm (13.12 x 8.95 inches));
Half figure portrait of bearded man in a beret, wearing a fur-rimmed robe.
The hand holding the fur trim shows two rings on his forefinger.
The other hand holds a piece of paper, and rests on the window niche.
Very minute and delicate embroidery is shown on his shirt and its collar.
The background is presumably monochrome blue (azurite).
The frame, integral to the panel has been cut down all around leaving only a
narrow gilded profile.

Sold at a sale at Christie’s, London, July 4, 1896, together with the right
side of the diptych, Portrait of a Woman (lot’s 44 and 45).
In 1912 the Portrait of a Woman was donated to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

In the 1920s the Portrait of a Man was in a collection M.
Goldschmidt-Rotshild (according to inscription by Friedländer on the reverse
of a photo of the man).

Our question is, if anyone can recognise the painting based on the
description above, and eventually indicate the present whereabouts.
The information is to be used in connection with the entry in our catalogue
raisonné.

We have a digitised image of the missing Portrait of a Man that we are happy
to send you for identification.

Please contact

Jørgen Wadum
Chief Conservator
Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis
P.O. Box 536
2501 CM  The Hague
t: +31 70 302 3461
f: +31 70 365 3819
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Jørgen Wadum
Chief Conservator
Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis
P.O. Box 536
2501 CM  The Hague
t: +31 70 302 3461
f: +31 70 365 3819
e: [log in to unmask]
Mauritshuis web: http://www.mauritshuis.nl/
ICOM-CC web: http://www.natmus.dk/cons/icom_cc/
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