Hermanus Boerhaave (1668-1738), Professor of Medicine at the University of Leiden, with his Wife Maria Drolenvaux (1686-1746) and their Daughter Johanna Maria (1712-91), Aert de Gelder, 1720 - 1725

Identification

Title(s)

Hermanus Boerhaave (1668-1738), Professor of Medicine at the University of Leiden, with his Wife Maria Drolenvaux (1686-1746) and their Daughter Johanna Maria (1712-91)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4034

Inscriptions / marks

signature

Description

Familieportret van Hermanus Boerhaave, hoogleraar in de geneeskunde te Leiden, met zijn vrouw Maria Drolenvaux en hun dochter Johanna Maria, de latere gravin de Thoms. De personen zijn zittend en hand in hand geportretteerd, in fantasiekleding.

Creation

Artist

painter: Aert de Gelder

Dating

1720 - 1725

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 104.5 cm × width 173 cm

Subject

What

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 22-Jun-1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Inv.; on loan from W.A.A.J. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1834-1889), Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Voorschoten, to the museum, 1932-1960 (inv. no. SK-C-1220); ? his half-brother, F.A.L.C. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1905-), Wassenaar; sale, George J. Gould, Esq. (New York) et al. [section F.A.L.C. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Wassenaar (1905-?)], London (Sotheby’s), 22 June 1960, no. 21, £ 15,000, to the museum

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

Duivenvoorde : bewoners, landgoed, kasteel, interieur en collectie, Annette de Vries, Reinier J. Baarsen, p. 126, afb. 120
Arent de Gelder, Dordrecht 1645-1727, Kristin Lohse Belkin, Joachim Wolfgang von Moltke, Christian Tümpel, cat.nr. 100
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 239
Aanwinsten : 1 juni 1960 - 31 december 1960

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