Portrait of Mertijntje van Ceters (1609-24), anonymous, 1623

Title(s)

Portrait of Mertijntje van Ceters (1609-24)

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2076

Inscriptions / marks

• date, upper right: ‘AN. / 1623.’
• inscription, upper left: ‘ÆT.º SVA. 14.’
• coat of arms, upper right: on a blue field, a horizontal silver bar with alternating battlements, with seven gold stars (4-3) and a silver top of a shield decorated with floral motifs (damascening). In the escutcheon: a Moor’s head
• inscription, on the reverse: ‘Martinje van Ceters. / Dochter van Aernout en Anna van der Hooge. / Geb: 28 Junij 1609. / Overl: 26 Oct. 1629.’ (Martinje van Ceters. Daughter of Aernout and Anna van der Hooge. B: 28 June 1609. D: 26 Oct. 1629.)
• inscription, on the reverse: ‘46’ (inscription bequest De Witte van Citters, 18th or 19th century)

Description

Portret van Mertijntje van Ceters (1609-24). Zuster van Johan van Ceters. Kniestuk, staande naar rechts. Handschoen in de rechterhand, een waaier in de linkerhand. Rechtsboven het familiewapen.

Artist

• painter: anonymous

Dating

1623

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 103.9 cm × width 76.5 cm
outer size: depth 5.2 cm (support incl. frame)

What

• historical persons - BB - woman

Who

• Mertijntje van Ceters

Credit line

• Jonkheer J. de Witte van Citters Bequest, The Hague

Acquisition

bequest 1876

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 495, 496