SWISS SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

Portrait of Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss Colonel in the Service of the Serenissima (the Republic of Venice) (1596–1639).Paper laid on panel.Inscribed upper right: SERENISSIMAE REPUBLICAE VENETAE FUERAT ET REGIS. CHRISTIANISSIME ERAT COLONELLUS. GEORG IENATSCH. AETATIS SUAE ANNO RVMXL. ANNO 1636.20 × 16 cm.Provenance:
- Private collection of the Mechel family, Switzerland, for several generations (inscription and label verso).
- Private collection, Switzerland.

Condition:
Oil on paper mounted on panel. Paint surface with superficial soiling, small colour losses and older retouching. Colour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV: some small retouching visible on the figure and in the background. Varnish fluoresces greenish.
Dimensions with frame: 27 × 24 cm.