Self Portrait in the Uniform of the Rifles, Willem Jodocus Mattheus Engelberts, 1831

Identification

Title(s)

Self Portrait in the Uniform of the Rifles

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4074

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘W.J.M. Engelberts 1831’

Description

Zelfportret van Willem Jodocus Mattheus Engelberts in het uniform van de Jagers. Zijn rechterhand rust op zijn sjako, zijn hoofddeksel, over de linkerschouder een geweer. Om de middel een draagriem met een patroontas en een sabel.

Creation

Artist

painter: Willem Jodocus Mattheus Engelberts

Dating

1831

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

height 31.5 cm × width 26.5 cm
depth 6.7 cm

Subject

What

portrait, self-portrait of artist

When

1830 - 1832

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1962

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; ? by descent through the artist’s family to Anna Elisabeth Hoekzema, née Engelberts (1873-1933) or to her sister Gerardina Hoekzema née Engelberts (1874-?) (probably the artist’s granddaughters, who both married a man from the family Hoekzema); by descent through the family Hoekzema to K. Hoekzema, Hilversum;{Note RMA.} from whom, fl. 500, to the museum, 1962

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

Het Romantiek boek, Ronald de Leeuw, Benno Tempel, p. 208, afb.
Meesters van de Romantiek : Nederlandse kunstenaars 1800-1850, p. 277, afb. 257, p. 313, cat.nr. 30
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 221
Aanwinsten : 1 januari 1962 - 1 september 1962

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8388

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