ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1600
ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1600 Portrait of a scholar holding a compass Oil on canvas, re-stretched. Partially erased pen inscription on the stretcher on the reverse: “de champaigne.” 73 x 62.7 cm Formerly attributed to Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674), this beautiful portrait, in the tradition of Adriaen Thomasz Key (1544–1589), depicts a scholar, likely a Spanish architect or mathematician, or one dressed “in the Spanish style.”
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ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1600 Portrait of a scholar holding a compass Oil on canvas, re-stretched. Partially erased pen inscription on the stretcher on the reverse: “de champaigne.” 73 x 62.7 cm Formerly attributed to Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674), this beautiful portrait, in the tradition of Adriaen Thomasz Key (1544–1589), depicts a scholar, likely a Spanish architect or mathematician, or one dressed “in the Spanish style.”