Portrait of Sir John Burroughs (1587-1627), Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn, c. 1620 - c. 1623

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Sir John Burroughs (1587-1627)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2527

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, lower left: ‘S.r John Burroughs / Capt.’

Description

Portret van Sir John Burroughs (1587-1627), (ook bekend als Sir John Burgh), veldoverste. Staande, ten voeten uit, met een lans in de rechterhand, de linkerhand in de zij, boven de linkerheup een degen. Rechts op een tafel staat de helm.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn

Dating

c. 1620 - c. 1623

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 212.7 cm × width 107 cm
outer size: depth 9.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Sir John Burroughs

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase Jan-1911

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by or for Sir Horace Vere (1565-1635); first recorded at his home, Kirby Hall, Essex, in 1657;{Dillingham 1657, unpag.} ? his daughter, Mary Vere, the wife of Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham; ? by descent to the 6th Marquess Townshend, Raynham Hall, Norfolk; his sale, London (Christie, Manson & Woods), 5 March 1904 _sqq._, no. 47, as Dutch School, £ 94 10s;...; sale, Vincent J. Robinson (†), Parnham, Bearminster, Dorset, sold on the premises (Nicholas & Hampton), 2 August 1910 _sqq_., no. 1458, as Dutch School, £ 70;...; from the dealer Frederik Muller, fl. 7,000, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, January 1911

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

125 jaar openbaar kunstbezit : met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt, p. 57, 58, 211, afb. 68
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 331-333

Persistent URL

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