Reception of the Dutch ambassador Hieronymus van Beverningk by the Spanish queen-regent Maria-Anna of Austria, 2 March 1671, Caspar Netscher, 1671 - 1675

Identification

Title(s)

Reception of the Dutch ambassador Hieronymus van Beverningk by the Spanish queen-regent Maria-Anna of Austria, 2 March 1671

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4128

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘C. Netscher’

Description

Hieronymus van Beverningk (1614-90), Nederlands buitengewoon ambassadeur, wordt in geheime audiëntie ontvangen door de Spaanse koningin-regentes Maria-Anna van Oostenrijk, 2 maart 1671. De ambassadeur knielt aan de voeten van de als abdis geklede koningin-regentes en overhandigt haar een brief. Achter de tafel staat kardinaal Luis Fernandes de Portocarrero (1635-1709), een raadsman van de regentes. Op de voorgrond rechts Joanne Le Gillon (1635-1706), echtgenote van Van Beverningk. Links een staande jonge vrouw met een waaier. Op de achtergrond door een venster gezicht op een paleis.

Creation

Artist

painter: Caspar Netscher

Dating

1671 - 1675

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 70 cm × width 79 cm
depth 10.5 cm

Subject

What

audition; ruler giving audience - BB - female ruler

When

1671-03-02 - 1671-03-02

Where

Spain

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1967

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale, John Rushout (1770-1859) Lord Northwick, Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, sold on the premises (Mr. Phillips), 26 July (19 August) 1859 sqq., no. 1589; …; anonymous sale, London (Christie’s ), 26 February 1937, no. 29, to Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964), Northwick Park;{Note RMA; Spencer-Churchill 1961, p. 13, no. 40.} his sale, London (Christie’s), 25 February 1966, no. 27, 2800 gns, to the dealer H. Terry-Engell, London;{Wiesemann 2002, p. 354; copy RKD.} from whom, £ 3,800, to the museum, 1967

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

Caspar Netscher and late seventeenth-century Dutch painting, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, p. 354, cat.nr. C85
Keuze uit de aanwinsten, p. 94, afb. 1
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963)?

Persistent URL

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