Portrait of a Gentleman in Spanish Costume
1568, Artist: Adriaen Thomas Key
Portrait of a Gentleman in Spanish Costume
The inscription to the upper right bears the year the painting was created as well as the age of the unknown subject (41 years). Born of an Antwerp family of painters, Key specialised in portraits of the Netherlandish nobility and bourgeoisie. He thus follows in the style of painting initiated by Anthonis Mor, in which realism is fused with an austere sense of form.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish
Dated
1568
Artist
Adriaen Thomas Key (um 1544 - nach 1589 Antwerpen) - GND
Material
oak wood
Dimensions
Overall: 110 cm × 83 cm × 3 cm
Framed: 126 cm × 100 cm × 5 cm
Signed
Inscribed in the upper right corner: A° AETATIS 41; below: 1568
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 1034
Provenance
1773 in the treasury
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