Van der Doort c.1639
WS 69, № 35
Holbein
(German) Merchant in a black cap and habit, cutting with a knife the sealing thread from a letter, a seal lying by him on a green table (life-size half-length)
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
2ft 0in x 1ft 7in (61 x 48.3cm)
Medium:
cracked panel
Frame:
(carved gilded frame)
Provenance:
Sir Henry Vane, brought out of Germany
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
gift
Location:
Room description extended:
King's Chair Room in the Privy Gallery
Original Manuscript page number:
B.L. Add. MS. 10112, f. 13; MS Ash 1514, f. 89 and V&A MS, f. 89, no 35 (WS 225)
Charles II inventory c1666:
Whitehall, no. 309, 61 x 48
Interpreting the text:
The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51