(Cologne 1583–1641)
Portrait of a man from the Beywegh family as Councillor of Cologne, his coat-of-arms upper right,
signed with a monogram and dated upper right: GD (ligated) W F. 1637,
oil on panel, 102.5 x 78.5 cm, framed

Provenance:
possibly collection of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1811–1885);
sale Galerie Fischer, Zurich, 5 May 1934, lot 1309;
Collection of Wilhelm Kaiser (1872-1939), Fribourg;
his sale, Galerie Stuker, Fribourg, 23 June 1958, lot 1523;
sale, Fischer, Lucerne, 16 June 1964, lot 1561;
art market, Germany;
Collection of Hans Boxheimer, Monsheim;
sale, Phillips, London, 7 December 1993, lot 215;
SØR Rusche collection, Oelde, Berlin;
sale, Sotheby’s, London, 10 May 2019, lot 243;
where acquired by the present owner

Exhibited:
Porträts – Niederländische Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Weserrenaissance-Museum Schloss Brake, Lemgo, March – August 1995, Städtische Galerie in der Reithalle Schloss Neuhaus, Paderborn, May – July 1996;
Menschenbilder 1620/2009, Zeitgenössische Bildnisse begegnen alten niederländischen Porträts, Werke aus der Sammlung SØR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh, June – August 2009

Literature:
H. Vey, Kölner Zeichnungen aus dem 16., 17. und 18. Jahrhundert, in: Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch, vol. 26, Cologne 1964, p. 85, note 39;
H. Vey, Nochmals Gottfried von Wedig, Augustin Braun und Everhard Jabach, in: Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch, vol. 35, Cologne 1973, pp. 266–68 (reproduced);
H.-J. Raupp (ed.), Niederländische Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts der Sammlung SØR Rusche, vol. I, Portraits, Münster/Hamburg/London 1995, pp. 158–61, cat. no. 61 (reproduced)