Hans Holbein the Younger
Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap
1532-359.5 cm diameter
Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
Provenance
?private collection, Paris (until about 1891; sold to Engel-Gros)
Frédéric Engel-Gros, Basel and château de Ripaille, Thonon, Savoy (by 1897–d. 1921)
his estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 30 May – 1 June 1921, nr. 18, for Fr 294,937 to Paravicini
his daughter, Madame E. Paravicini, Basel and château de Ripaille (1921–at least 1924)
with F. Stern, Brussels, until 1939; sold to Pinakos and Knoedler
with Pinakos, Inc. (Rudolf J. Heinemann), and Knoedler, New York, 1939–40; sold to Harkness
Mrs. Edward S. (Mary Stillman) Harkness, New York (1940–d. 1950)
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Other works by Hans Holbein the Younger
Charles de Solier
1534/35
1534/35
Thomas Godsalve and His Son Sir John
1528
1528
Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)
1532
1532
Derick Berck of Cologne
1536
1536
Passion Altarpiece
c. 1524-26
c. 1524-26