Try the Getty Museum photo archive site--I've found it very helpful for
things that were at one time on the art market and have now disappeared.

Julia Moore
Indianapolis Art Center


Jorgen Wadum wrote:
>
> 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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