Portrait of Mattheus Augustijnsz Steyn, Councilor in the College of the Admiralty of the Northern Quarter in Dokkum, Pieter Pietersz. (I), 1588

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Mattheus Augustijnsz Steyn, Councilor in the College of the Admiralty of the Northern Quarter in Dokkum

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3864

Inscriptions / marks

inscription and date: ‘Anº Dni 1588. AEtatis meae 49’
coat of arms, upper right: ‘In goud een lage keper vergezeld van drie eenden, alles zwart. Dekkleed met opgaande vogel (zwaan?)’

Description

Portret van Mattheus Augustijnsz Steijn (1539-1606). Raad in het college ter admiraliteit van het Noorder Quartier te Dokkum. Heupstuk, staande, met handschoen in de rechterhand, een gevouwen brief of document in de linkerhand. Om de schouders een zwarte mantel met bontvoering. Rechts het familiewapen, linksboven twee gevouwen brieven, gemerkt Haarlem en Amsterdam, achter een lat gestoken. Pendant van SK-A-3865.

Creation

Artist

painter: Pieter Pietersz. (I)

Dating

1588

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

height 108 cm × width 85 cm
depth 9 cm

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1575 - 1606

Where

Dokkum

Who

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of M.C. van Houten, Doorn

Acquisition

gift 1953

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; donated by Lieutenant-Colonel Marius Cornelis van Houten (1879-1953) Doorn, with xx other objects, to the museum, 1933, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum, 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

Dawn of the Golden Age: northern Netherlandish art 1580-1620, Ger 1956- Luijten
Anna Steyn en de schrijvers en tekenaars van haar liedboek, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, afb. 4

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.10022

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