Portrait of Nicolaas Schmelzing (1561-1629), Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn (workshop of), in or after 1611

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Nicolaas Schmelzing (1561-1629)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-259

Description

Portret van Nicolaas Schmelzing (1561-1629), luitenant-gouverneur van Overijssel. Kniestuk in wapenrusting, staande met de rug tegen een tafel waarop de helm met pluimen staat.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn (workshop of)

Dating

in or after 1611

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 107.5 cm × width 85.3 cm
outer size: depth 7 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1561 - 1629

Who

Nicolaas Schmelzing

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

unknown 1808

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; ? inventory, Frisian Stadholder’s Court, Leeuwarden, 16 August 1633, furniture room (‘Monsieur Smetlzinck’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer II, 1974, p. 35, no. 92.}...; first recorded in the museum in 1809, as Van Mierevelt{Coll. cat. 1809, p. 45, no. 191.}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 334
Geschreven, gestempeld of geplakt : verscholen informatie op de keerzijde van schilderijen, Yvette Bruijnen, Michel van de Laar, p. 439, afb. 15
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.5207

Questions?

Do you have a remark or extra information on this object? Please let us know!