Philips de Sadeleer (born 1560/1), merchant

Dutch 16th century unknown

Oil on panel

1599

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Foreign. Commonwealth & Development Office, Carlton Gardens

    This painting was purchased in 1907 as a work from the ‘Dutch school’ titled ‘Portrait of Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambassador to Holland’. However, the inscription at the top left indicates that it was painted in 1599 and shows a 38 year old sitter. Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester (1574-1632), HM Ambassador to the Netherlands, was 25 in 1599. The Dutch inscription on the envelope in the sitter’s hand has since been translated and reads:

    The honourable, most pure

    Philips de Sadeleer

    Merchant living

    in Luxembourg

    This work was apparently formerly in the collection of William Rome (c.1842-1907) of Creeksea Place, Essex. Rome, a collector of Roman antiquities and a fellow of the Society of Antiquities, was also the proprietor of the chain of ‘Sweetings’ fish restaurants, in the City of London. Rome was strongly involved in loan exhibitions of paintings, held at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, and owned a substantial collection of art. However, when the painting passed through Christie’s, London, on 21 December 1907 (Lot 84) it was noted that the work was ‘sold by William Rome, on behalf of Last’. The identity of Last has yet to be established.

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    People
    Philips de Sadeleer (1560/1 - )
    Places
    Subjects
    paper (as Subject), male portrait, beard, moustache, Dutch, man, 17th century costume, ring, ruff, merchant, table cloth, table (as Subject)
    Materials & Techniques
    panel, oil, oil painting
  • Details
    Artist
    Dutch 16th century unknown
    Title
    Philips de Sadeleer (born 1560/1), merchant
    Date
    1599
    Medium
    Oil on panel
    Dimensions
    height: 97.80 cm, width: 70.40 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Christie's, 21 December 1907
    Inscription
    tl: Ano. Dom. 1599- / AEtatis- 38- ; on letter: Eersame [suversten?] / Philips de Sadeleer / Coopman wonende / in Luxenberch (translates as 'the honourable [most pure?] / Philips de Sadeleer / Merchant living in Luxembourg)
    Provenance
    Collection of ‘Last’; sold by William Rome (c.1842-1907), proprietor of the chain of ‘Sweetings’ fish restaurants, in the City, of Creeksea Place, Essex, on behalf of ‘Last’, through Christie’s, London, on 21 December 1907 (Lot 71); from which sale purchased by Gooden & Fox on behalf of the Office of Works
    GAC number
    0/85