Portrait of Corvina Hezenbroek van Hofdijck (1602-67), Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (workshop of), 1618

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Corvina Hezenbroek van Hofdijck (1602-67)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1450

Inscriptions / marks

inscription and date, left and upper right: ‘Ætat. 16. 1618’
coat of arms, top right: a rearing black unicorn with a green cloverleaf on a gold field. The lozenge is set in a green wreath studded with four red rosettes and hangs from a mask
inscription, on the reverse: ‘Corvina van Hesenbroeck van Hofdijck. Naderhant getrout met de Heer Cornelis van Beresteyn. Burgemeester der Stad Delft.’ (Corvina van Hesenbroeck van Hofdijck. Later married to Mr Cornelis van Beresteyn, burgomaster of the town of Delft.)

Description

Portret van Corvina Hezenbroek van Hofdijck. Buste, bijna aanziend. Op het hoofd een kanten muts. Rechtsboven het familiewapen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (workshop of)

Dating

1618

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 53.3 cm × width 36.5 cm
outer size: depth 5.7 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons - BB - woman

Who

Corvina Hezenbroek van Hofdijck

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Feb-1888

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by or for the sitter; ? her son, Cornelis van Beresteyn IV (1629-1716), Delft; ? his niece, Catharina Maria Vallensis (1676-1745), Delft; ? her son, Nicolaes van der Dussen (1718-70), Lord of Oost-Barendrecht, The Hague; ? his son, Jonkheer Jacob van der Dussen (1760-1839), Lord of Zouteveen, Amsterdam and Dordrecht; his sale, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos), 16 February 1858, no. 145, to Roos;{Copy RKD.}...; sale, S.B. Bos (Harlingen), Amsterdam (F. Muller and Van Pappelendam & Schouten), 21 February 1888, no. 183, as Mich. Jansz. Mierevelt, fl. 145, to the museum{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 168, no. 286 (3 March 1888, no. 525); RANH, ARS, Kop, inv. 289, p. 172, no. 387 (7 March 1888).}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 269, 270

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.9104

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