Portrait of Jacob Hendricksz. van Swieten, formerly entitled Dirck Hendricksz van Swieten, anonymous, 1626

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Jacob Hendricksz. van Swieten, formerly entitled Dirck Hendricksz van Swieten

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-C-1528

Inscriptions / marks

inscription and date: ‘AEtais. Suae. 67 anno. 1626.’
coat of arms, upper left: ‘In rood drie zilveren violen, goud gesnaard met de halzen omlaag. Boven de middelste viool een wassenaar. Helmteken: getraliede afgwende helm met wrong.’

Description

Portret van Jacob Hendricksz. van Swieten (1558-1626), priester te Haarlem. Ten halven lijve, zittend in een stoel naar links. In de handen een boek, op het hoofd een zwart kapje. Linksboven het familiewapen.

Creation

Artist

painter: anonymous

Place

Northern Netherlands

Dating

1626

Material and Technique

Physical features

Oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 73.5 cm × width 58 cm
depth 5 cm

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Jacob Hendricksz. van Swieten

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap

Acquisition

loan 1973

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; acquired by the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, between c. 1877-89;{Van Thiel 1995, p. 42.} on loan to the museum from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap since 1889

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.

Documentation

Prijst de lijst : de Hollandse schilderijlijst in de zeventiende eeuw, Cornelius Joannes de Bruyn Kops, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, cat.nr. 11
E. van de Wetering, Rembrandt : the painter at work, Amsterdam 2009, p. 123, fig. 157

Persistent URL

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