
Portrait of Ismail, Ambassador of the Persian Shah Tahmasp I
Lorck, Melchior · 1562
Provenance
Ownership history
- Alfred Ritter von Franck (1808–1884), Vienna [with the date 2 Aug ‘825 (Lugt 947)]. Gustav von Franck (1807–1860), Vienna [his stamp (Lugt 1152), verso, lower left, in black]; sold, Artaria & Comp, Vienna, April 1836, lot 2405, to Artaria & Comp. for the inventory. C. J. Tillisch, Copenhagen; sold, Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen, 1954, lot 235. Sold (probably through Colnaghi, inv. no. C19941) to Jørgen Sthyr, Copenhagen. Erik Fischer, Copenhagen. Sold by Gillis Goldman, Brussels, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
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