A Nobleman of the Valois Court, 16th century

  • Francois Clouet, French, 1510-1572

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 79 1/2 × 42 5/8 inches (201.9 × 108.3 cm)
  • 90 3/4 × 54 5/8 × 4 3/8 inches (230.5 × 138.7 × 11.1 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund

37.182

collection of B. Lacombe (Paris, France). collection of A. Picard (Paris, France). 1932, (F. Kleinberger Galleries, Paris, France and New York, New York, USA)

November 18, 1932, auctioned by (American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, USA), lot 66

November 18, 1932, purchased by J. W. Bentley. collection of Mr. Helft (Paris, France)

purchaed by (Galerie P. d'Atri, Paris, France)

1937-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

"Annual Report of the Arts Commission," Bulletin of the DIA 17, no. 5 (1938): pp. 30-35, esp. p. 34, (repr. on cover). Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, pp. 27-28, no. 480 [as school of Francois Clouet]. Sterling, C. Great French Paintings in the Hermitage. New York, 1958, pp. 14, 16, 232, note 22.

school of Francois Clouet, A Nobleman of the Valois Court, 16th century, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund, 37.182.