Portrait of a Gentleman in Spanish Costume
1568 | Adriaen Thomas Key
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.
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.
Artist:
Adriaen Thomas Key (um 1544 - nach 1589 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
1568
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish
Material/technology:
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
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1034
Provenance
1773 in the treasury