Posthumous Portrait of Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens, City Functionary of Heusden, Bastiaan de Poorter, 1852

Identification

Title(s)

Posthumous Portrait of Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens, City Functionary of Heusden

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3866

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘B. de Poorter. ft 1852.’
inscription: ‘Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens. Geboren 15 Junij 1794, Overleden 5 September 1851. In leven Directeur van het Postkantoor en Griffier bij het vredegerecht te Heusden. Zoon van Simon Tierens Segersz. en Antonia Adriana Hendrika van Bleyswijk, geb. 15 Juni 1794, gehuwd 8 Jan. 1817 met Joh.na Maria Parvé.’

Description

Posthuum portret van Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens (1794-1851), stadsfunctionaris van Heusden. Ten halven lijve, in ovaal, naar rechts. Pendant van SK-A-3867.

Creation

Artist

painter: Bastiaan de Poorter (mentioned on object)

Dating

1852

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 88 cm × width 68.5 cm × thickness 3.0 cm
depth 9.2 cm

Subject

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, 1936, but kept in usufruct;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1953

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

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