Portrait of Jan Gerritsz van Egmond van de Nijenburg, Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (workshop of), c. 1518

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Jan Gerritsz van Egmond van de Nijenburg
Jan Gerritsz van Egmond (d 1523). Bailiff of Nieuwburg

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3838

Inscriptions / marks

coat of arms, top centre: divided vertically, 1, six red chevrons on a gold field; 2, a gold cross on a black field charged with a silver inescutcheon containing a red cross, in the first quarter a mermaid of a natural colour with a silver tail looking out at the viewer with a mirror in her left hand and a comb in her right hand

Description

Portret van Jan Gerritsz. van Egmond, baljuw van Nieuwburg. Op het hoofd een zwarte baret, in de rechterhand een gouden reukbal, staande voor een ornamentale boog met uitzicht op een landschap. Hangend aan de boog het alliantiewapen van de geslachten Van Egmond en Heereman van Oegstgeest. Met geïntegreerde lijst.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (workshop of)

Dating

c. 1518

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 42.4 cm × width 32.8 cm
depth 3 cm
painted surface: height 35.5 cm × width 26.2 cm

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Jan Gerritsz van Egmond

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1952

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; private collection, England;{Note RMA.} …; the dealer Douwes, Amsterdam, 1927;{Friedländer XII, 1935, p. 198.} …; collection Eduard August Veltman (1878-1965), Bloemendaal and Bussum, 1934;{Rotterdam 1934, p. 6, no. 4.} from whom, fl. 23,000, to the museum, 1952

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

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (ca. 1470-1533) : de Renaissance in Amsterdam en Alkmaar, p. 229-231, cat.nr. 32a
1100-1600, Reinier J. Baarsen, Frits Scholten, afb. p. 162
1100 - 1600, Reinier J. Baarsen, Frits Scholten, afb. p. 162, cat.nr. a
Das Kabinett des Sammlers : Gemälde vom XV. bis XVIII. Jahrhundert, Ekkehard Mai, p. 14
The paintings of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (1472?-1533), Jane Louise Carroll, p. 272-276
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 177
Early Netherlandish painting [ : 1 1967], dl. 12, p. 60, 119.
De Noord-Nederlandsche schilderkunst, dl. 4, p. 418-419
Die altniederländische Malerei, dl. 12, p. 110, 198, cat.nr. 293
A prayer nut in a silver housing by 'Adam Dirckz', Frits Scholten, p. 342, fig. 27
F. Scholten, Handzaam verzamelen, Amsterdam 2011, omslag (detail gebedsnoot).
J. Belonje, De twee Neijenburgen bij Alkmaar, Wormerveer, 1956, p. 28-34.

Persistent URL

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