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Gortzius Geldorp
(1553-1618)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 680 - 3 570 EUR
2 720 - 3 620 USD
Hammer price
20 000 SEK
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Gortzius Geldorp
(1553-1618)
Portrait of a woman
Signed with initials and dated Anno 1609 G F(ecit). Panel 61,2 x 48,7 cm.
More information
Probably a member of the court of Cologne
Executed in Cologne.
Havin trained in Antwerp, first with Frans Francken I and later with Frans Pourbus I, Geldorp became courtpainter to Charles of Aragon, Duke of Terra Nova. In 1604 he went with the duke to the Catholic city of Cologne, where he remained for the rest of his life, working primarily as a portrait painter. A series of portraits of members of the court in Cologne are in the Rijksmuseum.