Portrait of Arent Franckensz van der Meer, Lord of Pendrecht, called Malicious Aertje, anonymous, c. 1550 - c. 1560

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Arent Franckensz van der Meer, Lord of Pendrecht, called Malicious Aertje

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4715

Inscriptions / marks

coat of arms, upper left: three silver water lilies, two above one, on a red field

Description

Portret van Arent Franckensz van der Meer (overl. 1503), heer van Pendrecht, dijkgraaf en baljuw van Delfland en de schout van Delft, bijgenaamd 'quaet Aertje'. Buste, een stok in de rechterhand en een anjer in de linkerhand. Linksboven het familiewapen. Met integrale lijst. Pendant van SK-A-4716.

Creation

Artist

painter: anonymous
painter: Master of Alkmaar (rejected attribution)

Place

Noord-Nederland

Dating

c. 1550 - c. 1560

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

painted surface: height 36.8 cm × width 25.5 cm
support: height 43 cm
height 46.1 cm
support: width 31.7 cm
depth 3.0 cm × depth 3.9 cm

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Arent Franckensz van der Meer

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase May-1979

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

….; sale, Baszenger Collection (Geneva) et al. [section 'The property of a gentleman'], London (Sotheby’s), 23 May 1979, no. 106, as Netherlandish School, 16th century, with SK-A-4716, £ 1,600 (fl. 7,780), 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.

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Documentation

Persistent URL

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