Painter unspecified / Northern Dutch or Lower Rhine, 16th century, Portrait of a man against a landscape, 1522

tempera with oil glazes, board; 34.5 x 24 cm;
On the frame at the bottom the date: 1522 and on the right the numeral: 23.

Attached to the painting are the opinions of:
- Prof. Antoni Ziemba dated 24.09.1991,
- A. Konopacki dated 27.02.1999
- opinion of the conservator of the Palace in Nieborów and Arkadia Elżbieta Bogaczewicz-Biernacka dated 29.07.1999.

Provenance:
II Television Auction of Works of Art, dated 20.10.1991, [Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zabytkami and Telewizja Polska].

"The high level of artistic execution is noteworthy: the modeling of the face is precise and subtle, the hair is painted delicately and softly - in a more traditionally Dutch rather than 16th-century German manner. The part of the landscape background was also executed very delicately, valorously, with a suggestion of the division into three color plans typical of the period [...]. In conclusion, it is possible to suggest the creation of the painting in the Cologne milieu, under the influence of Barthel Bruyn St., in the year 1522 given on the frame. However, one must not exclude the possibility that the painting was created in the broader Dutch circle, rather then the Northern Dutch." [quoted from: opinion by A. Ziemba].