Portrait of Dina Lems, Daniel Vertangen, c. 1660

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Dina Lems
Portret van Dina Lems

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4970

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘Vertangen.F’

Description

Dina Lems (?-1675) wijst naar een greinplant, een soort peper die werd geteeld aan de Afrikaanse westkust. Haar vader en haar eerste man Jan Valkenburgh (1623-1667, SK-A-4969) werkten voor de West Indische Compagnie. Hun – en haar – rijkdom kregen ze door handel in peper, ivoor, goud en tot slaaf gemaakte mensen. Terwijl Lems in Amsterdam woonde, verbleef Valkenburgh het grootste deel van hun huwelijk in fort Elmina in Afrika.

Creation

Artist

painter: Daniel Vertangen (signed by artist)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1660

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Technique

paint

Measurements

length 128.3 cm × width 102.0 cm

Subject

What

When

1642 - 1667

Where

Who

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds, the Frans Mortelmans Stichting, the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting and the K.F. Hein Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 30-Aug-2001

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

See the provenance for SK-A-4969.

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.

Relations

Documentation

Tarnished gold : the Netherlands and Ghana, 1593-1872, Gijs van der Ham, p. 55, ill. 2.2
Dof goud : Nederland en Ghana, 1593-1872, Gijs van der Ham, p. 54, afb. 2
Dof goud : Ghana en Nederland sinds 1593, Gijs van der Ham, p. 55, afb. 2.2
Nederland in de Gouden Eeuw, p. 142
G. van der Ham, 'Aan de Afrikaanse Kust', Kunstkrant Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, jan./feb. 2002, p. 18, 19 (afbeelding)
Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 2001, Amsterdam 2002, p. 60-63, afb.
European Paintings, Londen/New York (The Matthiesen Gallery & Stair Sainty Matthiesen Inc.) 2001, p. 24-27
Documentatiemap Schilderijen.

Persistent URL

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