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coat of arms, upper left: ‘In groen drie springende zilveren hazewindhonden.’
Description
Portret van Frans de Witt (1516-1565). Staande, ten halven lijve, naar rechts met een boek in de handen. Linksboven het familiewapen. Misschien een kopie door Cornelis Engelsz. naar een onbekend origineel. Pendant van SK-A-4757. Behoort tot een groep portretten: SK-A-4753 / SK-A-4754/ SK-A-4776 / SK-A-4772 / SK-A-4771 / SK-A-4756 / SK-A-4757 / SK-A-4773 / SK-A-4758 / SK-A-4759 / SK-A-4775 en SK-A-4774.
? Commissioned by or for the sitter; ? by descent through the family of the sitter to Jonkheer Ernest Louis Willy Marc Hoeufft, Lord of Velsen and Santpoort (1903-65), Meeuwen (near ’s-Hertogenbosch); by whom bequeathed, with pendant SK-A-4757 and xx other objects, to the museum, 1965
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.