Portrait of a Haarlem Citizen, Jan van Scorel, 1529

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of a Haarlem Citizen
Portrait of a man

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3853

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, bottom transverse of the frame, on the cartellino: ‘A[nn]o m d xxix // [A]Etate vero xlvi’

Description

Portret van een man. Buste, iets naar links, in een zwarte tabbard afgezet met bont, op het hoofd een zwarte baret. Onder de lijst is een briefje geschilderd.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jan van Scorel

Place

Haarlem

Dating

1529

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Technique

painting

Measurements

support: height 48.5 cm × width 34.5 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Mar-1953

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; by descent to Jonkheer Pieter van Foreest (1845-1922), Huis de Nijenburg, Heiloo, as anonymous;{Utrecht 1913, suppl. pp. 12-13, no. 171.} transferred to N.V. ‘Nyenburgh’, Heiloo, 1913;{Rombach 1987, p. 25.} from which, fl. 30,000, to the museum, 1953

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

Restoring joints, conserving structures : proceedings tenth international symposium on wood and furniture conservation, Amsterdam, 8-9 October 2010, Miko Vasques Dias, p. 59, afb. 30
De doop van Christus : Jan van Scorel in Haarlem, Ariane van Suchtelen, Jessica Roeders, Dorine Duyster, p. 9, afb. 7
Enige werken van Jan van Scorel uit zijn Haarlemse tijd (1527-1529)
Aanwinsten : 1 Januari - 1 Mei 1953
K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 54, afb. 38.

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5445

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