Portrait of Elisabeth Vervoorn (1617-57), Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen I, 1650

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Elisabeth Vervoorn (1617-57)
Portrait of Elisabeth Vervoorn (1617-73), Wife of Johan van Someren

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3858

Inscriptions / marks

label, on the reverse: ‘Elizabeth Vervoorn / geboren 9 September 1617 / overleden 17 October 1657 / trouwt 9 Mei 1648. met / Mr. Johan van Someren / geboren 3 Juli 1622 / Raad Pensionaris van Nij[...] / hebb[...] / geboren [...] / trouwt [...] / Mr. Zeger[...] / Hoven va[...] / geboren [...]’ (Elizabeth Vervoorn, born 9 September 1617, died 17 October 1657, marries 9 May 1648 Mr Johan van Someren, born 3 July 1622, Pensionary of Nij[...] hav[...] born [...] marries [...] Mr Zeger[...] Courts o[...] born [...])

Description

Portret van Elisabeth Vervoorn, sinds 1648 (tweede) echtgenote van Johannes van Someren. Zittend, ten halven lijve, handschoenen in de rechterhand en de met de handen in de schoot. Pendant van SK-A-3857.

Creation

Artist

painter: Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen I

Dating

1650

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 85 cm × width 73 cm
outer size: depth 5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons - BB - woman

Who

Elisabeth Vervoorn

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of M.C. van Houten, Doorn

Acquisition

gift 1953

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by Johan van Someren and Elisabeth Vervoorn; ? their daughter Clara van Someren (1654-1709); ? her son Jacob Tierens (1691-1760); ? his son Simon Tierens (1716-98); ? his son Seger Tierens (1749-94); ? his son Hendrik A.C. Tierens (1794-1851); ? his daughter Cornelia H.A. Tierens (1818-89); ? her daughter Cecilia G. Verhagen (1849-1934); her son Lieutenant-Colonel Marius C. van Houten, Doorn, Utrecht;{Provenance reconstructed by R.E.O. Ekkart, 2004.} by whom donated to the museum, 1933, but kept in usufruct;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, as attributed to Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen I, 1953

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.

Relations

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, Jonathan Bikker, p. 227
Prijst de lijst: de Hollandse schilderijlijst in de zeventiende eeuw, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, cat.nr. 28
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 308

Persistent URL

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