Portrait of Jacob Gerritsz van der Mij (1559/60-1635?), Joris Fransz van Schooten, 1630

Title(s)

Portrait of Jacob Gerritsz van der Mij (1559/60-1635?)

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2374

Inscriptions / marks

• signature, date and inscription, upper left (with ligated monogram): ‘Aº 1630. Ætat.71 JVS’
• coat of arms, top left corner: three black pallets on a silver field

Description

Portret van Jacob Gerritsz van der Mij (1560-1631), weesmeester te Leiden. Buste naar rechts, linksboven het familiewapen.

Artist

• painter: Joris Fransz van Schooten

Dating

1630

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 60.7 cm × width 48.4 cm
depth 5.5 cm

Who

• Jacob Gerritsz van der Mij

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase Feb-1909

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 354, 355