Bust of a Man with a Gorget, possibly a Self-Portrait, Jacob van Loo, c. 1655 - c. 1665

? By descent from the artist to his great-grandson, Louis-Michel van Loo (1707-1771); his probate inventory, Paris, 22 April 1771, with pendant (‘Deux Bustes en ovales peints par Jacques Vanloo representant L’un son portrait en Armenien et l’Autre son frere prisés Deux Cent Livres cy’);{C. Rolland (ed.), _Autour des Van Loo: Peinture, commerce des tissus et espionnage en Europe (1250-1830)_, Rouen 2012, p. 58.} his sale, Paris (F. Basan), 14 December 1772, no. 53, with pendant (‘Hauteur 22 pouces, sur 18 de large [59.5 x 48.7 cm], Deux bustes de forme ovale: l’un représente le portrait de l’Auteur, bisayeul de Louis-Michel Vanloo; il s’est peint vêtu en Arménien, soulevant de la main-gauche son vêtement, & la tête couverte d’un bonnet fourré; l’autre est le portrait de son père, peint dans le stile de Rembrandt’), fr. 50, to his brother, Charles Amédée Philippe Vanloo (1719-1795), Paris;{Gabriel de Saint-Aubin made a sketch of the painting in his copy of the catalogue; see É. Dacier, _Catalogue de ventes et de livrets de salons illustrés par Gabriel de Saint-Aubin_, V, Paris 1911 (unpag., ill.).} ? his daughter, Marie Victoire van Loo (1749-?), and her husband, Marc Antoine Combemale, Paris; ? their son, Charles Amédée Philippe François Combemale (1783-?), Paris; ? his daughter, Caroline Félicité Combemale, and her husband, Viscomte de Lamare, Paris; their daughter, Gabrielle de Lamare, and her husband, Henri Félix-Faure (1846-1922), Grenoble; purchased from his heirs by the museum, 1999

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