Ernst Josephson
Man in 16th century costume
Signed Ernst Josephson and dated -73. Relined canvas 60.5 x 50 cm.
Provenance
Earlier in the collection of architect David Frölander, Helsingfors.
Thereafter in the collections of Gösta Stenman, Stockholm.
Bukowski Auktioner AB, auction 271, "En samling målningar av gamla mästare", 25 Sept 1929, lot 31 (under the title "En munk", reproduced in the catalogue).
Subsequently in the collections of CEO Axel Wenner-Gren, Stockholm (acquired at the sale above).
Östgöta Antik AB in Norsholm, 28-29 Nov 1986, lot 513.
Private collection.
Literature
Karl Wåhlin, "Ernst Josephson. En minnesteckning. Förra delen 1851-1879", SAK, 1911, mentioned and illustrated, as an etching after the painting, page 72.
More information
Study executed at the Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm.