Portrait of François van Aerssen (1572-1641), Lord of Sommelsdijk, De Plaat and Spijk, Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1636

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of François van Aerssen (1572-1641), Lord of Sommelsdijk, De Plaat and Spijk

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3833

Inscriptions / marks

signature, date and inscription, upper left: ‘Ætatis 64. / Aº 1636 / M. Miereveld’
inscription, upper right: ‘Franc. van Aerssen, Heer van Sommelsdijk / en van de Ordre / der Ridderschap van Holland. Overleden 1641’ (Franc. Van Aerssen, Lord of Sommelsdijk and of the Order of the Knighthood of Holland. Died 1641)
coat of arms, top right: quartered, 1 and 4, a saltire chequered black and silver over a horizontal blackbar on a gold field; 2 and 3, three black martlets on a gold field. The coat is set in a chain with a medal hanging from it.

Description

Portret van François van Aerssen, heer van Sommelsdijk, de Plaat en Spijk. Diplomaat in dienst van de Verenigde Nederlanden. Kniestuk, staand, naar rechts. Rechtsboven het familiewapen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist)

Dating

1636

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 112.2 cm × width 86 cm

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1572 - 1641

Who

jonkheer François van Aerssen

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1951

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, M.P.-M.D. et al., Paris (Galerie Charpentier), 7 December 1951, no. 33, fr. 242,400, to the museum; on loan to the Dutch embassy, Paris, since 1958

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

Rembrandt in perspectief : de veranderende visie op de meester en zijn werk, p. 309, afb. 10.37
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 262, 263
De 250 rijksten van de Gouden Eeuw : kapitaal, macht, familie en levensstijl, Kees Zandvliet, Mariëlle Hageman, Gijs van der Ham, Clé Lesger, p. 42-43 (afb.), cat.nr. 17
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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