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Portrait of Sophia van Overmeer (1608-1684)
Jan Jansz Westerbaen (I) (signed by artist), 1650
Portret van Sophia van Overmeer (1608-84), echtgenote van Adriaen van Persijn. Buste naar links, rechtsboven het familiewapen.
- Artwork typepainting
- Object numberSK-A-1478
- Dimensionsouter size: depth 4 cm (support incl. SK-L-1999), support: height 68 cm x width 57.6 cm
- Physical characteristicsoil on panel


Identification
Title(s)
Portrait of Sophia van Overmeer (1608-1684)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-1478
Description
Portret van Sophia van Overmeer (1608-84), echtgenote van Adriaen van Persijn. Buste naar links, rechtsboven het familiewapen.
Inscriptions / marks
- coat of arms, top right: divided vertically. 1: a gold star with three birds, two above and one below, on a green (originally blue) field. 2: a red eagle on a gold field
- signature and date, with monogram, upper right: ‘Aº . 1650 / I.W.’
Part of catalogue
Creation
Creation
painter: Jan Jansz Westerbaen (I) (signed by artist)
Dating
1650
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Material and technique
Physical description
oil on panel
Material
Dimensions
- outer size: depth 4 cm (support incl. SK-L-1999)
- support: height 68 cm x width 57.6 cm
This work is about
Person
Subject
Acquisition and rights
Acquisition
purchase 1888-10
Copyright
Provenance
Commissioned by or for the sitter; ? her son, Godevert van Persijn (1633-1695), The Hague; ? his son, Willem van Persijn (1655-1733), The Hague; ? his son, Govert van Persijn (1684-1756), The Hague; ? his son, Govert Johan van Persijn (1724-1809), The Hague; his nephew, Anthony Quirinus van Persijn (1767-1842), Amsterdam, with 13 other family portraits, 1801 (‘Portraiten onser voorouders in der rechte manlijke linie. Twee partijen. A […] No 3:2 Sophia van Overmeer, Echtgenoote van Adriaan Goverts-zoon van Persijn’);{HUA, no. 11.2, Van Persijn family archive, _Lijst van familieportretten, welke door Govert Jan aan Antonius Quirinus van Persijn zijn overgedragen, 1801_, no. 32. ‘No 3.2’ is recorded on a label in 18th-century handwriting on the reverse of the panel.} ? his daughter, Hester Constantia van Persijn (1793-1887), Utrecht, or his son, Jan van Persijn (1799-1834), Amsterdam; ? the latter’s daughter, Elisabeth Machtelina van Persijn (1828-1865), Utrecht; ? her husband, Count Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826-1885), Neerlangbroek;…; sale, M.M. van Galen, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 30 October 1888 _sqq._, no. 448, as Monogrammist J.W., 17th century, fl. 174.30, to the museum{NHA, ARM, IS, inv. 168, no. 381 (3 December 1888); NHA, ARM, Kop., inv. 289, p. 204, no. 464 (13 December 1888).}
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