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

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.

Artist

• painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist)

Dating

1634

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

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

What

• historical persons

When

• 1625 - 1660

Where

• Netherlands
• Dordrecht

Who

• Jacob Cats (1577-1660)

Acquisition

purchase 20-Mar-1804

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Related

• Fotoreproductie van een geschilderd portret van Jacob Cats
• AC-00006493object | reproductionobject | reproductieSK5778 18X24RM0001.COLLECT.1500006492
• AC-00006494object | reproductionobject | reproductieSK1163 18x24RM0001.COLLECT.1500006493

• De portretfabriek van Michiel van Mierevelt (1566-1641), Anita Jansen, p. 72, afb. 8
• Artists born between 1570 and 1600, Jonathan Bikker, p. 261, 262
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 68
• Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).