Portrait of Caecilia van Beresteyn (1589-1661), Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1640

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Caecilia van Beresteyn (1589-1661)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2067

Inscriptions / marks

signature, date and inscription, centre left: ‘Ætatis. 51. / A.º 1640. / M. Miereveld.’
inscription, on the reverse: ‘Vrouw Cicilia Paulusdogt.r van Berest.n geb. binne Delft 8 feb. 1589 sterft 29 9 b.r 1661 Begraven in den Briell. Troud’ op 4 feb. 1614 Met d’ hr. Cornelis Briel. raad & rentm.r gener. van d’ Graaflijke domeijnen van den Lande van Voorn & op 26 octob.r 1627 de tweede maal met d h.r Pieter de Witte. Burgem.r der Stad Z-Zee. 26’ (Lady Cicilia Paulusdogt.r van Berest.n, b. in Delft, 8 Feb. 1589, died 29 November 1661. Buried in Brielle. Married, on 4 Feb. 1614, Mr Cornelis Briell, councillor and steward-general of the County domains of the Lande van Voorn, & on 26 October 1627, the second time, Mr Pieter de Witte. Burgomaster of the town of Zierikzee. 26)

Description

Portret van Caecilia van Beresteyn. Zittend, ten halven lijve naar links. Op de achterzijde de familiewapens, een inscriptie en het cijfer 26.

Creation

Artist

painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist)

Dating

1640

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 70.8 cm × width 60 cm
outer size: depth 6 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons - BB - woman

Who

Caecilia van Beresteyn

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Jonkheer J. de Witte van Citters Bequest, The Hague

Acquisition

bequest 1876

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? By descent through the families Briell, De Jonge van Ellemeet, Van Citters to Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters (1817-76), The Hague; or ? by descent through the families De Witte, Ockerse, Van Gelre, De Witte van Elkerzee to Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters (1817-76), The Hague; first recorded in the collection of the De Witte van Citters family, in the library of Kasteel Popkensburg, in the early 19th century;{RAU, PA 26, Des Tombe archive, no. 843, ‘Getekende plattegrond van ruimte waarin familieportretten hangen’, no. 26.} bequeathed to the museum by Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters, 1876, but given in usufruct to his sister Carolina Hester de Witte van Citters (1820-1901) and her husband Arnoldus Andries des Tombe (1818-1902), until 1903

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

De portretfabriek van Michiel van Mierevelt (1566-1641), Anita Jansen, Rudolf E.O. Ekkart, Johanneke Verhave, Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, p. 50; p. 97, afb. 20
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 264

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.9100

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