DuMouchelles
Live Auction

The April 2021 Auctions: Day 2

Fri, Apr 30, 2021 11:00AM EDT
Lot 1107

17TH/18TH C. MALTESE SCHOOL OIL ON CANVAS H 47" W 39.25" PORTRAIT OF JOANNES TRESSINUS, KNIGHT COMMANDER OF MALTA

Estimate: $2,000 - $5,000

Bid Increments

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$50,000 $5,000
$150,000 $10,000
Depicting a 3/4 length portrait of sitter in dress armor. Having a pectoral cross of the Order of the Knights of Saint John suspended from a braided chain. A rapier hangs from a belt adorned with gold fittings. Inscribed upper right: "Frater Joannes Tressinus commendator Ravennae Egus annoru LVII. On linen canvas. Provenance: From an Ardmoor Drive estate, Bloomfield Hills, Mi.