This charming portrait is most likely of a young Philippe-François Wouters, who would later become Lord of Vinderhoute, Meerendre, Belseele, Ecke and Volckeghem in Flanders in the late-17th Ce🎉ntury. The coat of arms in the upper left is that of the Wouters family. Even th♛ough the artist has not been identified, the dress, coiffure and approximate age of the sitter date the painting to circa 1660-75. 

We are grateful to Dr. Julia Ellinghaus a꧃nd her assistance with the catalogu𝄹ing of this lot.