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Attributed to Maerten Lengele (Dutch, 1615–1668) Portrait of a young man, aged 25, believed to be a member of the Van Helmont family, half-length in black, with a white undershirt with tassels inscribed centre left "Aeta.s 25 / 1651" and charged with a coat of arms oil on panel, in a painted stone oval 82 x 63cm (32 x 25in)
Provenance: Thomas Damant Eaton (1800-1871) of Eaton Hall, Norwich, and by descent
Oil on panel. The panel is constructed of three boards in vertical alignment. On the reverse there are later wooden reinforcements at the top and bottom of the panel joins. On the front of the painting there are darkened lines of retouching along the panel joins. There is damage at the upper left corner which has been retouched. There are other scattered retouchings across the surface. The varnish is semi-matte and slightly yellowed. There are small losses to the gilded surface of the frame and some wear.

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