Portrait of Jacob Cats (1577-1660), Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1634

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Jacob Cats (1577-1660)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-258

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, centre left: ‘Ætatis, 56. / A.º 1634. / M. Miereveld’

Description

Portret van Jacob Cats, pensionaris van Dordrecht en dichter. Buste, naar rechts.

Creation

Artist

painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist)

Dating

1634

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 68 cm × width 58 cm
outer size: depth 6 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1625 - 1660

Where

Who

Jacob Cats (1577-1660)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 20-Mar-1804

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; acquired by the museum by April 1804;{First mentioned in the museum in the inventory of April 1804 drawn up by J.G. Waldorp, no. 19; see Moes/Van Biema 1909, pp. 68, 162.} on loan to the Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, since 1978

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

De portretfabriek van Michiel van Mierevelt (1566-1641), Anita Jansen, Rudolf E.O. Ekkart, Johanneke Verhave, Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, p. 72, afb. 8
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 261, 262
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 68
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6740

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