Quiz: Find the Original
April 21 2020
Picture: The Saleroom
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The recent explosion of online art quizes has encouraged me to set a fun but tricky challenge for readers of AHN. The picture above is coming up for sale at Charles Hanson's June sale catalogued as 'Manner of Velazquez' with an estimate of £100-£150. It is a copy of an old master painting. Can any of you find the original? A little tip: It is in a museum in Germany.
No prizes, just for fun.
Update - Congratulations to Andrew Quick who correctly identified the picture as Van Dyck's Portrait of a Man (called a Spaniard) at the Staatliche Museen, Gemäldegalerie, Kassel. A very interesting picture, especially the highly detailed costume which has been identified as being particularly in the Spanish fashion. It was taken by the French to Paris between 1807-15.
Update 2 - The picture sold for £1,150.
