Portrait of Maximilian i (1459-1519), Joos van Cleve (workshop of), c. 1530

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Maximilian i (1459-1519)
Maximilian I (1459-1519), Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3293

Description

Portret van Maximiliaan I, keizer van het Heilige Roomse Rijk. Hij houdt in de rechterhand een anjer, om de hals een keten met de Orde van het Gulden Vlies.

Creation

Artist

painter: Joos van Cleve (workshop of)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

c. 1530

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 34.6 cm × width 24.4 cm
depth 0.6 cm
painted surface: height 34.3 cm × width 24.2 cm
depth 4.5 cm

Subject

What

When

1459 - 1519

Who

Maximilian I (Holy Roman Emperor)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Kessler-Hülsmann, Kapelle op den Bosch

Acquisition

gift Mar-1940

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale, Dr Frederick Salmon (1796-1868) et al., London (Christie’s), 26 May 1868, no. 99, as Holbein; …; the dealer Henry Graves, London;{No. 2082, according to a label on the reverse.} …; collection Dominicus Antonius Josephus Kessler (1855-1939) and Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann (1868-1947), Kapelle op den Bosch, near Mechelen;{Note RMA.} donated, with xx other objects, by Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann to the museum, 1940

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

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 169
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 14-15, cat.nr. 23
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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