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17th-century Flemish School, Portrait of a Gentleman in a Justaucorps, Oil Painting
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17th-century Flemish School, Portrait of a Gentleman in a Justaucorps, Oil Painting

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This fine late 17th-century Flemish portrait depicts a distinguished gentleman dressed in the elaborate fashions of the 1670s. He wears a long, collarless coat known as a justaucorps, worn open over a richly embroidered vest and breeches, accompanied by a white shirt with lace cravat, leather gloves, and a broad-brimmed gentleman’s hat. A sword at his side further affirms his elevated social standing.

Leaning with apparent ease against a classical stone plinth, the sitter adopts a relaxed yet assured pose that conveys confidence, status, and personality. Beyond him unfolds an estate-like landscape, with a winding river and what may be a mill, suggesting landownership and inherited wealth rather than mercantile ambition.

By the 1670s, the justaucorps had replaced the earlier doublet and was typically worn open over a vest and breeches. These coats were characterised by narrow sleeves with wide turned-back cuffs, designed to reveal the shirt beneath, as seen here. In this example, both coat and vest are lavishly embellished with gold embroidery, while the buttons are gilded - details that signal prosperity and refinement.

The sitter has removed a single glove, deliberately exposing one hand. Bare hands were markers of civility and breeding, and their careful depiction allowed both sitter and painter to demonstrate status and skill. Such an indulgence was generally reserved for patrons of means.

Comparable examples of late 17th-century Flemish dress may be seen in The Tichborne Dole (1671) by Gillis van Tilborgh (c.1625-c.1678).

Held in a later ebonised frame with a gilt inner slip.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 18½” x 22½” / 47cm x 57cm

Year of creation: c. 1675

Provenance: Private collections, Berlin, Brandenburg and Bavaria, Germany. Passed through a family for decades by descent.

Condition: Cleaned. Revarnished. Canvas relined. Historic repairs. Faint stretcher marks. Craquelure throughout. The paint layer is stable. Frame in good condition with minor age-related wear.

Our reference: BRV2063

Physical Dimensions
Height
57cm (22.44")
Width
47cm (18.50")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Declaration

Brave Fine Art has dated this Flemish Portrait Oil Painting to the 17th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1186091
Dealers Internal Reference
BRV2063
Description
This fine late 17th-century Flemish portrait depicts a distinguished gentleman dressed in the elaborate fashions of the 1670s. He wears a long, collarless coat known as a justaucorps, worn open over a richly embroidered vest and breeches, accompanied by a white shirt with lace cravat, leather gloves, and a broad-brimmed gentleman’s hat. A sword at his side further affirms his elevated social standing.
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Leaning with apparent ease against a classical stone plinth, the sitter adopts a relaxed yet assured pose that conveys confidence, status, and personality.
Brave Fine Art

Beyond him unfolds an estate-like landscape, with a winding river and what may be a mill, suggesting landownership and inherited wealth rather than mercantile ambition.

fig 1. A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood.
fig 1. 17th-century Flemish School, Portrait of a Gentleman in a Justaucorps, Oil Painting

By the 1670s, the justaucorps had replaced the earlier doublet and was typically worn open over a vest and breeches. These coats were characterised by narrow sleeves with wide turned-back cuffs, designed to reveal the shirt beneath, as seen here. In this example, both coat and vest are lavishly embellished with gold embroidery, while the buttons are gilded - details that signal prosperity and refinement.

fig 2. A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood.
fig 2. 17th-century Flemish School, Portrait of a Gentleman in a Justaucorps, Oil Painting

The sitter has removed a single glove, deliberately exposing one hand. Bare hands were markers of civility and breeding, and their careful depiction allowed both sitter and painter to demonstrate status and skill. Such an indulgence was generally reserved for patrons of means.

fig 3. A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood.
fig 3. 17th-century Flemish School, Portrait of a Gentleman in a Justaucorps, Oil Painting

Comparable examples of late 17th-century Flemish dress may be seen in The Tichborne Dole (1671) by Gillis van Tilborgh (c.1625-c.1678).

Held in a later ebonised frame with a gilt inner slip.

Medium: Oil on canvas

fig 4. A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood.
fig 4. 17th-century Flemish School, Portrait of a Gentleman in a Justaucorps, Oil Painting

Overall size: 18½” x 22½” / 47cm x 57cm

Year of creation: c. 1675

Provenance: Private collections, Berlin, Brandenburg and Bavaria, Germany. Passed through a family for decades by descent.

Condition: Cleaned. Revarnished. Canvas relined. Historic repairs. Faint stretcher marks. Craquelure throughout. The paint layer is stable. Frame in good condition with minor age-related wear.

Our reference: BRV2063

Height
57cm (22.44")
Width
47cm (18.50")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Date of Manufacture

Brave Fine Art has dated this Flemish Portrait Oil Painting to the 17th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1186091
Dealers Internal Ref
BRV2063
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Archive I A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood.

17th-century Flemish School, Portrait of a Gentleman in a Justaucorps, Oil Painting

Archive II A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood. View II
Archive III A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood. View III
Archive IV A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood. View IV
Archive V A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood. View V
Archive VI A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood. View VI
Archive VII A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood. View VII
Archive VIII A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood. View VIII
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A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood.
17th-Century Flemish School, Portrait Of A Gentleman In A Justaucorps, Oil Painting
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A seventeenth-century Flemish oil portrait depicting a gentleman dressed in a grey justaucorps coat with a lace collar and red sash, framed in dark wood.
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Flemish portraiture of the seventeenth century is noted for its meticulous attention to sartorial details, realistic human features, and atmospheric lighting. Artists often incorporated classical architecture or subtle landscape vistas into the background to denote status and depth.

Paintings from this era were created using mineral and organic pigments ground by hand and mixed with drying oils, such as linseed or walnut oil. These were applied onto fine linen canvas or wood panels prepared with a gesso ground, then housed in moulded timber frames.

Authentic period paintings exhibit natural craquelure consistent with age, historic canvas weave patterns, and evidence of period pigments under magnification. Examining timber stretcher bars, lining history, and ground layers under ultraviolet light helps confirm age and origin.

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