Portrait of Joannes Putkamer (1600-1671) on his Deathbed, Hendrick Bloemaert, 1671

Title(s)

Portrait of Joannes Putkamer (1600-1671) on his Deathbed

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-735

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date, lower right (H and B ligated): ‘HBloemaert fe: / A° 1671’
• inscription, lower right: ‘Aetat. 71 / Sacerd.46’

Description

Portret van Johannes Puttkammer, licentiaat in de godgeleerdheid te Utrecht, op zijn doodsbed.

Artist

• painter: Hendrick Bloemaert (mentioned on object)

Dating

1671

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 66.7 cm × width 81.7 cm × thickness 3.6 cm (support incl. protective backboard)
outer size: depth 10 cm (support incl. frame)

What

• historical persons
• deathbed
• theologian

Who

• Johannes Puttkammer

Credit line

• Gift of W.A. Hopman, Amsterdam

Acquisition

gift 1882

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 121
• Geschreven, gestempeld of geplakt : verscholen informatie op de keerzijde van schilderijen, Yvette Bruijnen, Michel van de Laar, p. 440, afb. 17