Portrait of Adam van Westerwolt (1580-1639), anonymous, 1636

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Adam van Westerwolt (1580-1639)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2665

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, upper right: ‘Adam van Westerwoldt, Raad van Nederlandsch Indien Anº 1638 admiraal van Holland en Zeeland.’ (Adam van Westerwold, Councillor of the Dutch Indies, Anº 1638 Admiral of Holland and Zeeland)
inscription and date, left: ‘Ætatis 56/Ano 1636’

Description

Portret van Adam van Westerwolt, Raad Extra Ordinaris van Indië en enkele malen commandant van een eskader. Kniestuk, staand bij een tafeltje waarop een boek en een astrolabium liggen. De handschoenen in de linkerhand.

Creation

Artist

painter: anonymous
painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (rejected attribution)

Dating

1636

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 106 cm × width 75.5 cm × thickness 1.4 cm (incl. backboard)
outer size: depth 10 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1625 - 1639

Where

Indië

Who

Adam van Westerwolt

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase May-1913

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by or for the sitter; ? his daughter, Agatha van Westerwolt (1634-1722), Woudrichem; ? her granddaughter, Anna Maria Emilia van Schagen (1694-1790), ’s-Hertogenbosch; her estate inventory, 4 October 1790, ’s-Hertogenbosch (‘den zeeofficier Winteroy’);{See Wolleswinkel 2002, col. 297.} her son, Antoni Martini (1728-1800); by descent to Paulus Hubert Andries Martini Buys (1835-1915), Loenersloot; from whom, fl. 800, to the museum, May 1913

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 506, 507

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.7914

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