Portrait of Gerrit Willemsz van Schoterbosch (c. 1538-1611), Cornelis Engelsz (attributed to), c. 1620

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Gerrit Willemsz van Schoterbosch (c. 1538-1611)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4774

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, centre right: ‘ÆTATIS 67 / an 1605’
inscription, on the reverse, in black paint: ‘4 / Gerrit Overyn van / Schoterbosch / Geb 1538 / Burgermeester van Haarlem’, 4, Gerrit Overyn van Schoterbosch, B 1538, Burgomaster of Haarlem
coat of arms, upper right: a red chevron and three red fleurs-de-lis on a silver ground

Description

Portret van Gerrit Willemsz. van Schoterbosch (c. 1538-1611). Ten halven lijve, zittend in een stoel, het gezicht naar de beschouwer gedraaid. Voor zich een tafel waarop een boek ligt, in de linkerhand een cachet. Rechtsboven het familiewapen. Misschien een kopie door Cornelis Engelsz. naar een onbekende origineel uit 1605. 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.

Creation

Artist

painter: Cornelis Engelsz (attributed to)
painter: anonymous (rejected attribution)

Place

Northern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1620

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

outer size: height 38.8 cm × width 28.6 cm × depth 2 cm

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Gerrit Willemsz van Schoterbosch

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Jonkheer E.L.W.M. Hoeufft van Velsen Bequest, Meeuwen

Acquisition

bequest 1965

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by Johan Gerritsz van Schoterbosch (c. 1564-1654); ? his granddaughter, Aegje Hasselaer (1617-64), Amsterdam; ? her son, Gerrit Hooft (1649-1717), Amsterdam; ? his son, Hendrik Hooft (1676-1752), Amsterdam and The Hague; ? his daughter, Suzanna Isabella Hooft (1716-1803), The Hague; ? her son, Hendrik Hoeufft, Lord of Velsen and Santpoort (1747-1823), The Hague and Amsterdam; by descent to Jonkheer Ernest Louis Willy Marc Hoeufft, Lord of Velsen and Santpoort (1903-65), Meeuwen; by whom bequeathed to the museum, 1965{Provenance reconstructed in Ekkart 1985, p. 110, note 7.}

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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