Portrait of Ottavio Strada

Jacopo Tintoretto (mentioned on object), 1567

Seventeen-year-old Ottavio Strada is portrayed in an unusual – allegorical – manner. He receives a cornucopia filled with ancient coins from Fortune, while turning away from a statue of Venus. The gold and silver signify not only his future riches, but also allude to his study of ancient coins, a pursuit in which he was trained by his father, the antiquary Jacopo Strada.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3902
  • Dimensionsheight 128 cm x width 101 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait of Ottavio Strada

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3902

  • Description

    Portret van Ottavio Strada (1549/50-1612) op 18-jarige leeftijd. Ontwerper voor edelsmeedkunst, miniaturist en oudheidkundige, zoon van Jacopo Strada, wiens portret in hetzelfde jaar door Titiaan is geschilderd. Kniestuk, staande naast een beeld van een vrouwelijk naakt. De personificatie van Fortuna daalt uit de hemel neer met een horen des overvloeds gevuld met geldstukken. Op de achtergrond een ruïne in een landschap.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘Octavius de Strada a Rosber Iac. Fil. CIV. Rom. Rodal. Imp. Nobil. Aulicus Aetatis XVIII An. Do. MDLXVII. Iac. Tentoret. F.’


Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Jacopo Tintoretto (mentioned on object), Venice

  • Dating

    1567

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 128 cm x width 101 cm


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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the J.W. Edwin Vom Rath Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1956

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    Inv; sale, Richard von Kaufmann (1849-1908, Berlin), Berlin (Cassirer & Helbing), 4 December 1917 sqq., no 60, 200,000;{Copy RKD.}…; collection K. Goldfarb, Starogard Gdański, by 1917, 1923;{Boschloo/Van der Sman 1993, pp.86-87; Von der Bercken/Mayer 1923, p. 62.}…; private collection, sent to the exhibition, Tentoonstelling van Oude Kunst, by the dealer P. Cassirer, Amsterdam, 1929;{Amsterdam 1929, p. 42, no. 146.}….; collection Dr Hans Wilhelm Christian Tietje (1895-?), Amsterdam, by 1932, 1938;{Boschloo/Van der Sman 1993, pp.86-87; Yeide 2009, p. 340.} from whom, fl. 100,000, to Daniël Wolf (1898-1943), 1938;{HNA, SNK archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 176, note and ‘aangifte-formulier’.} from whom, fl. 120,000, with three other paintings, to Alois Miedl for Hermann Göring, 1941;{HNA, SNK archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 176, note and ‘aangifte-formulier’.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945-46;{MCCP website, no. 5310; the Munich Central Collecting Point number 5310 is recorded on the reverse of the frame.} SNK, 29 April 1946; restituted to the Wolf heirs, The Hague, 1946; from whom, through the mediation of the dealer Saam Nijstad, fl. 50,000, to the museum, 1956, with support from the J.W. Edwin von Rath Fonds

  • Remarks

    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.


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