Current knowledge
Sotheby's 5 July 2006 sale, lot 23 and Sotheby's 8 December 2010 sale lot 5
Hendrik Goltzius
An Allegorical Portrait of Jan Govertsz. Van der Aar as Vulcan in his Forge; An Allegorical Female Figure, probably Pictura, holding a Paintbrush and Nautilus Shell
Current measurements:
61.3cm x 62.2;cm 97.5 x 98
Date:
1615; 1610
Note that the pair of works by Goltzius - given away by Charles I in exchange - is only referred to by van der Doort, and not inventoried. We have given the pair a separate record on the site but in the inventory it appears within the description of no 2, the portrait of Titian and Pietro Aretino. Both HP brands
Van der Doort 1639