Portrait of a Boy, Harmen Willems Wieringa, 1636

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of a Boy

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2221

Inscriptions / marks

signature, lower left, on cross-beam of the table support: ‘h Willems’
date, lower left, on table leg: ‘Aº 1636’
inscription, lower left, on table leg: ‘ÆTATIS / 13’

Description

Portret van een welgestelde jongen. Staande, ten voeten uit, met de hoed in de rechterhand. Links een tafel waarop enkele boeken staan.

Creation

Artist

painter: Harmen Willems Wieringa (signed by artist)

Dating

1636

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 42 cm × width 32.6 cm
outer size: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

anonymous historical person portrayed

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase Mar-1906

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, S.H. Fraser (Chester-le-Street), London (Christie, Manson & Woods), 7 May 1904, no. 71, as A. Palamedes, £ 31, to the dealer Frederik Muller, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} from whom, fl. 600, as Winolt Wyllems, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1904

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Small treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, and their contemporaries, Dennis P. Weller, p. 235, fig. 2
Pjutten en Beukers : Friese kinderportretten, 1550-1800, Marjan Brouwer, Rudolf E.O. Ekkart, Manon Borst, Marlies E. Stoter, p. 54-56
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 430
Geweven boeket, Cornelis Adriaan Burgers, Arthur François Emile van Schendel, Vibeke Woldbye, p. 28, cat.nr. 45

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6551

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