Van der Doort c.1639
WS 40, № 14
said to be Andrea del Sarto
Man, with a shaved beard, plain grey habit, pen in right hand, writing in a book, left arm an ink-horn, right arm a bunch of keys, supposed to be some herborist of the House of Medici, because of the arms of that house
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
2ft 1in x 1ft 7in (63.5 x 48.3cm)
Medium:
panel
Light:
Light from the [blank]
Frame:
wooden frame
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
Bought
Notes:
less than life-size, half-length
Location:
Room description extended:
between the King's Withdrawing Room, also called the Breakfast Chamber, and the Long Gallery
Original Manuscript page number:
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 54 and V&A MS f. 3, no 1 (WS 201)
Charles II inventory c1666:
Whitehall, no. 323, 3.5 x 48
Identification certainty:
Identified