Nicolaas Heinsius I, Poet and Professor at Leiden, Envoy of Queen Christina of Sweden, Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1723 - 1771

Title(s)

Nicolaas Heinsius I, Poet and Professor at Leiden, Envoy of Queen Christina of Sweden

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-4593

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘N. Heisius Gebooren Aº 1620 Ob. 7 9b. 1681’

Description

Portret van Nicolaas Heinsius I (1620-81). Dichter en hoogleraar te Leiden, gezant van koningin Christina van Zweden. Buste in ovaal, iets naar links. Onderdeel van een verzameling portretten van Nederlandse dichters.

Artist

• painter: Jan Maurits Quinkhard
• print maker: Abraham de Blois (copy after)

Dating

1723 - 1771

Material

• tin plate
• 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

• Christina (koningin van Zweden)
• Nicolaas Heinsius

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. 105