Portrait of Joannes Fredericus Gronovius, Philologist and Jurist, Professor in Leiden, Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1732 - 1771

Title(s)

Portrait of Joannes Fredericus Gronovius, Philologist and Jurist, Professor in Leiden

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-4575

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Joh. Fred.r Gronovius. 1611’

Description

Portret van Johan Frederik Gronovius (1611-71). Filoloog en jurist, hoogleraar te Leiden. Buste in ovaal, naar rechts. Onderdeel van een verzameling portretten van Nederlandse dichters.

Artist

• painter: Jan Maurits Quinkhard
• print maker: Jan van Munnickhuysen (copy after)

Dating

1732 - 1771

Material

• copper (metal)
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 11 cm × width 9.5 cm
height 41.2 cm × width 47.4 cm × depth 1.6 cm

What

• portrait of a writer
• writer, poet, author

Who

• Johann Friedrich Gronovius

Acquisition

purchase 1877

Copyright

Public domain

• The Panpoëticon Batavûm : the portrait of the author as a celebrity, Lieke van Deinsen, Mariska Vonk, p. 80, cat.nr. 96