MHNA Acquire Portrait from Dorotheum

November 12 2021

Image of MHNA Acquire Portrait from Dorotheum

Picture: Dorotheum

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

Ruud Priem, curator of the Musée national d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg (MHNA), has shared news on Twitter that the museum have acquired a portrait from the Dorotheum's recent old master paintings sale. The portrait in question was catalogued as Dutch 17th century 'Portrait of a gentleman wearing a marriage medallion of the Elector Palatine Frederik V and Elisabeth Stuart' and realised €28,160. Ruud has also explained that a potential attribution to David Bailly (1584-1657) is also being investigated.

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