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| Keywords: Jacob van Oost I - A young man at a stone window playing a theorbo-lute.jpg Artwork Creator Jacob van Oost I 1646 Oil canvas cm 89 75 2 object history Provenance Acquired by Jean-François Michiels in Saint Petersburg circa 1854 His collection Bruges His daughters Coralie and Léonie Michiels 1907 and thence by family descent to the present owner The present owner's ancestor Jean-François Michiels who acquired the painting was a photographer and member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at Bruges After having taught the art of photography to the Crown Prince of Prussia the future Emperor Frederick III Michiels travelled to Saint Petersburg in order to make a photographic record of the major paintings in the Hermitage There he acquired a number of paintings by mostly Dutch and Flemish masters including the present work and others by David Teniers the Younger and Frans Hals An inventory exists for the insurance valuation of the Michiels Collection in 1907 which includes the present painting credit line signed and dated 'I V OOST F 1646' on ledge lower centre Auctioned at Bonhams 8 July 2009 London lot 67 accession number https //www bonhams com/auctions/16817/lot/67/ PD-old-100-1923 Jacob van Oost I 17th-century portrait paintings Music in Flemish genre paintings | ||||
