Johann Spilberg, the younger

A Portrait of a Gentleman in black wearing an Artist’s Chain (?) and a Hat (possibly a self-portrait) within a painted Oval

Medium:

Oil on Panel

Category:

Portrait

Dimensions:

30.5(h) x 24.4(w) cms

Signed:

Signed: 'ISpilberg'

Essay:

We are grateful to Tom van der Molen of the Amsterdam Museum who has suggested that this may be a self-portrait by Johannes Spilberg the Younger. He proposes a date for the picture of circa 1643 when the artist was studying with Govaert Flinck in Amsterdam.