Flämischer Maler des 16. Jahrhunderts aus der... Lot n° 286

HALF PICTURE OF A YOUNG MAN WITH SHORT BEARD AND FLAT CAP Oil on wood. Doubled. 41.1 x 35.5 cm. The bust portrait against almost emerald green background with shadowing. In the right half of the picture the young man, darkly dressed with appropriate cap over side half-length straight-cut hair. A short white pleated collar emerges from the doublet. The right arm in the cloak cloth lets the hand protrude, with a ring on the little finger. The painting shows characteristic features of painting by Ambrosius Benson (c. 1495-1550) and can be easily compared with other portraits by this master. Literature: See Georges Marlier, Ambrosius Benson et la peinture à Bruges au temps de Charles-Quint, Musée van Maerlant 1957, catalog number 197. (1301325) (11) Flemish painter of the 16th century from the painting school of Bruges HALF-PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN WITH SHORT BEARD AND FLAT CAP Oil on panel. Relined. 41.1 x 35.5 cm. The painting shows characteristic features for the oeuvre of Ambrosius Benson (ca. 1495-1550) and easily compares with other portraits by the master. Literature: cf. Georges Marlier, Ambrosius Benson et la peinture à Bruges au temps de Charles-Quint, Musée van Maerlant 1957, catalogue no. 197.