Circle of Joseph Heintz I (1564-1609)

Portrait of Andreas Rindscheit zu Schüeleüthen, three-quarter-length, in a silver-embroidered black velvet doublet with a white ruff, wearing the badge of an Order, a gun in his right hand, his left on his hip by the hilt of his sword

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Circle of Joseph Heintz I (1564-1609)
Portrait of Andreas Rindscheit zu Schüeleüthen, three-quarter-length, in a silver-embroidered black velvet doublet with a white ruff, wearing the badge of an Order, a gun in his right hand, his left on his hip by the hilt of his sword
inscribed and dated 'KENST DV DIE GESTALT SO NEN MICH/ORDER GEHE DEINER WEG DAS RADT ICH/.15 99.' and inscribed with coat of arms (upper left) and with inscription 'Andreas Rindscheit zu Schüe-/leüthen.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas, unlined
110.5 x 95 cm.

拍品专文

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We are grateful to Dr. Ludwig Meyer for noting that the sitter's musket, the flower behind his right ear and the elaborate chain suggest that he may have been a member of a Royal bodyguard.