Portrait of a Gentleman – en brunaille

Item

Creator
Circle of Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)
Title
Portrait of a Gentleman – en brunaille
Date
c. 1630
Description
Oil on panel
11 ½ x 9 ½ in. (c. 29.2 x 24.1 cm.)
Provenance
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871), Southam House, near Cheltenham, by May 1908, sold April 1914 to; [J. St. Hensé, London]. Adolf Thiem, Esq. (1832-1923), Germany and San Remo, Italy, before 1917, sold 1917 in exchange to; [Julius W. Böhler (1883-1966), Munich]. [Max Stern (1904-1987), Galerie Stern, Düsseldorf, by October-November 1934]. [Frederick Mont (Mondschein) (1894-1994), New York, sold November 1944 to]; [Newhouse Galleries, New York, and Frederick Mont (Mondschein) (1894-1994), New York, sold November 1944 to]; Arthur William Sidney Herrington (1891-1970) and Nell C. Herrington (1891-1966), Indianapolis, Indiana, by inheritance to their son; Arthur Clarke Herrington (1931-2018), Maryland, bequest 2018 to; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.[1]

[1] Refer to the curatorial/object file.
Auction Catalogues
1908 – Christie’s London, Catalogue of Important Ancient & Modern Pictures … Old Pictures from the Collection of Edward, First Earl of Ellenborough Deceased, 8 May 1908, lot 136, bought-in, £30, Parsons.

1914 – Christie’s, London, Catalogue of Important Primitive Pictures the Property of Edward First Earl of Ellenborough Deceased, 3 April 1914, lot 114, sold to St. Hensé, £136.10.

1934 – Galerie Stern, Dusseldorf, Gemälde Niederländischer Meister P. Brueghel bis B.C. Koekkoek, Ausstellung in den Räumen der Galerie Stern, 12 October – 30 November 1934, lot 21, titled Bildnis eines Herrn mit weißer Halskrause.

1934 - Galerie Stern, Dusseldorf, [day/month unknown] 1934, lot 30, illus.
Exhibitions
1952 – Indianapolis, IN, John Herron Art Museum, European Masters in Indiana Homes, 12 October – 9 November 1952, no. 12, illus.

1964 – Champaign, IL, Krannert Art Museum, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.S. Herrington of Indianapolis, Indiana, European and American Paintings and Graphic Art; European, American, and Oriental Decorative Arts, 27 September – 25 October 1964, no. 31, illus.

1965 – Indianapolis, Leah Ransburg Fine Arts Center, Indiana Central College, Paintings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.S. Herrington, 2 – 10 October 1965, no. 12, illus.

1968 – Indianapolis, IN, Art Association of Indianapolis, Herron Museum of Art, The Nell Clarke Herrington Memorial Exhibition, 7-28 April 1968, Bulletin/Catalogue, Spring 1968, pp. 24-5, illus.

1968 – Pine Bluffs, Arkansas, Arts Museum, Selections from the Herrington Collection; Inaugural exhibition of the Arts Museum, 3-19 May 1968, no. 17, illus.
Status
Under Research