A Man in a black dress wearing a hat
Oil Painting
ca. 1650 (painted)
ca. 1650 (painted)
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This 17th-century Dutch portrait has been attributed to numerous artists since its arrival at the V&A. When it first entered the collection, it was described as the work of noted portraitist Bartholomeus van der Helst. Subsequently, it has been attributed to Abraham van den Tempel, Jan van Hemert and Anthonie Palamedes, although none of these is particularly convincing. The costume suggests a date of around 1650.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | A Man in a black dress wearing a hat (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil Painting, 'A Man in a Black Dress Wearing a Hat', Dutch School, ca. 1650 |
| Physical description | A bust-length portrait of a man in mid-17th-century Dutch costume, with a white collar and high black hat. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Forster |
| Object history | Bequeathed by John Forster, 1876. The Forster Collection catalogue (1893) describes this painting as the work of Bartholomeus van der Helst; subsequent attributions to van den Tempel, Jan van Hemert and A. Palamedes have been dismissed by C. M. Kauffmann. |
| Historical context | The costume suggests a date of around 1650. |
| Production | Attributed to Bartholomeus van der Helst in the Forster Collection catalogue (1893), this picture has subsequently been attributed to van de Temple and, more recently, to Jan van Hemert and A. Palamedes. C. M. Kauffmann finds none of these attributions convincing, and notes that the costume suggests a date of around 1650. |
| Summary | This 17th-century Dutch portrait has been attributed to numerous artists since its arrival at the V&A. When it first entered the collection, it was described as the work of noted portraitist Bartholomeus van der Helst. Subsequently, it has been attributed to Abraham van den Tempel, Jan van Hemert and Anthonie Palamedes, although none of these is particularly convincing. The costume suggests a date of around 1650. |
| Bibliographic reference | Kauffmann, C.M., Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, I. Before 1800, London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973, p. 94, cat. no. 97 |
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| Accession number | F.37 |
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| Record created | May 25, 2006 |
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