A Calligraphic Maxim, Flanked by Tulips, Isaac Hondius, 1667

Identification

Title(s)

A Calligraphic Maxim, Flanked by Tulips

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-C-1558

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘I. Hondius pinxit 1667.’

Description

Gecalligrafeerde spreuk geflankeerd door twee tulpen: Kruyt, blom en lof / Verciert een Hof / Des Somers Maer / Deugt ende Eer / Verciert zijn Heer / tGeheele Jaar.

Creation

Artist

painter: Isaac Hondius

Dating

1667

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

height 46.5 cm × width 62 cm
depth 3.5 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap

Acquisition

loan 1973

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; donated by an unknown person to the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, 1886;{Van Thiel, 1995, p. 55} on loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap to the museum since 1973

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

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 284

Persistent URL

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