The Married Couple Abraham Casteleyn and Margarieta van Bancken, Jan de Bray, 1663

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The Married Couple Abraham Casteleyn and Margarieta van Bancken, Jan de Bray, 1663

oil on canvas, h 83cm × w 106.5cm × d 7cm More details

The married couple Margarieta van Bancken and Abraham Casteleyn, founder of the Haerlemse Courant (Haarlem Newspaper), operated In de Blije Druck, the city’s printing shop. The books, atlas, and globe refer to their profession and knowledge. After Abraham’s death, Margarieta continued the printing house, taking on the administrative and financial responsibilities. The bust in the background represents the Haarlem townsman L.J. Coster, long credited with having invented book printing.

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Identification

Title(s)

The Married Couple Abraham Casteleyn and Margarieta van Bancken

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3280

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘JDBray. 1663.’

Description

Het echtpaar Margarieta van Bancken en Abraham Casteleyn, oprichter van de Haerlemse Courant, bestierde de stadsdrukkerij In de Blije Druck. De boeken, atlas en wereldbol verwijzen naar hun beroep en kennis. Na Abrahams overlijden zette Margarieta de drukkerij voort en nam ze de bestuurlijke en financiële taken over. Het borstbeeld op de achtergrond toont de Haarlemmer L.J. Coster, die lang werd beschouwd als de uitvinder van de boekdrukkunst.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jan de Bray (mentioned on object)

Dating

1663

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

canvas
oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 83 cm × width 106.5 cm
depth 7 cm

Subject

What

persons ~ printing
marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'
globe
piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

When

1650 - 1681

Where

Haarlem

Who

Abraham Casteleyn
Margareta van Bancken
Laurens Janszoon Coster

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

F.E. Blaauw Bequest, 's-Graveland

Acquisition

bequest May-1939

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Inv.; collection widow Francisca Ernestina Blaauw, née Berg (1834-1903), ‘s Gravenhage, 1894;{Utrecht 1894, p. 102, no. 270} her son, Frans Ernst Blaauw (1860-1936), ‘Gooilust’, ‘s Graveland, 1920;{Note RKD.} by whom bequeathed to the museum, 1939

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Portret in portret in de Nederlandse kunst 1550-2012, Sabine E. Craft-Giepmans, Annette de Vries, p. 63, afb. 3
The Golden Age reloaded : die Faszination niederländischer Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts : Sammlungen der Villa Vauban und des Rijksmuseums Amsterdam, afb. p. 56
De Gouden Eeuw : proeftuin van onze wereld, p. 133, afb. 5
Communication : visualizing the human connection in the age of Vermeer, p. 102-103
L'âge d'or hollandais : de Rembrandt à Vermeer avec les trésors du Rijksmuseum, Marc Restellini, Hélène Desmazières, Ruud Priem, Alexandre Curnier, p. 44-45
Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch art : masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, Reinier J. Baarsen, Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis, Lynn Federle Orr, Thomas Padon, Ruud Priem, Marijn Schapelhouman, J.P. Sigmond, p. 182-183
Johannes Verspronck en het Meisje in het blauw, Rudolf E.O. Ekkart, p. 60-61, afb. 51
L'âge d'or hollandais : de Rembrandt à Vermeer avec les trésors du Rijksmuseum, p. 224-225, cat.nr. 90
Salomon, Jan, Joseph en Dirck de Bray : vier schilders in één gezin, Pieter Biesboer, Friso Lammertse, Fred G. Meijer, p. 88-89, cat.nr. 27
Dutch portraits : the age of Rembrandt and Frans Hals, cat.nr. 5
Hollanders in beeld : portretten uit de Gouden Eeuw, p. 86-87, cat.nr. 5
Nederlandse kunst in het Rijksmuseum 1600-1700, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, Reinier J. Baarsen, Bart Cornelis, Jan Daniël van Dam
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 45
Portretten van echt en trouw : huwelijk en gezin in de Nederlandse kunst van de zeventiende eeuw
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 141
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 8, cat.nr. 5
Class distinctions : Dutch painting in the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, p. 320, cat.nr. 27
Documentatiemap: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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