Portrait of a Venetian Gentleman

oil on panel transferred to panel painted surface: 27.6 x 18 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.) overall: 29.69 x 20 cm (11 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection Provenance: The early history of the painting is unknown.[1] Baron Alfred Charles de Rothschild [1842-1918], London and Halton House, near Wendover, Buckinghamshire; by inheritance to his daughter, Almina Victoria Marie Alexandra, Countess of Carnarvon [c. 1877-1969], London; (her sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 May 1925, no. 50); purchased by (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London and New York), on joint account with (M. Knoedler & Co., London and New York);[2] sold 1926 to Thornton Realty Co., New Yor