Portrait of a Woman, probably Sophia Anna van Pipenpoy (c. 1618-70), Countess of Schellart, Wybrand de Geest, 1659

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of a Woman, probably Sophia Anna van Pipenpoy (c. 1618-70), Countess of Schellart

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1356

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, bottom right: ‘V de Geest / 1659’

Description

Portret van een aanzienlijke vrouw, vermoedelijk Sophia Anna van Pipenpoy (c. 1618-70), gravin Van Schellart, echtgenote van Johan Albrecht van Schellart. Staande ten voeten uit voor een door rozen begroeide balustrade. Links een hondje. Pendant van het portret van haar echtgenoot in het Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille.

Creation

Artist

painter: Wybrand de Geest (signed by artist)

Dating

1659

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 240.5 cm × width 160.5 cm
outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons - BB - woman

Who

Sophia Anna van Pipenpoy

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of A. Bredius, The Hague

Acquisition

gift 22-Feb-1887

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; donated to the museum by Dr Abraham Bredius (1855-1946), The Hague, 1887;{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 167, no. 139 (22 February 1887); RANH, ARS, Kop, inv. 289, pp. 124-25, no. 280 (1 March 1887).} on loan through the DRVK, 1976-96; on loan to the town hall, Bolsward, since 1976

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 146-147
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 238
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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