Hermanus Boerhaave (1668-1738), Professor of Medicine at the University of Leiden, with his Wife Maria Drolenvaux (1686-1746) and their Daughter Johanna Maria (1712-91)

Hermanus Boerhaave (1668-1738), Professor of Medicine at the University of Leiden, with his Wife Maria Drolenvaux (1686-1746) and their Daughter Johanna Maria (1712-91)

SK-A-4034

Familieportret van Hermanus Boerhaave, hoogleraar in de geneeskunde te Leiden, met zijn vrouw Maria Drolenvaux en hun dochter Johanna Maria, de latere gravin de Thoms. De personen zijn zittend en hand in hand geportretteerd, in fantasiekleding.

signature

painter: Aert de Gelder

1720 - 1725

oil on canvas

height 104.5 cm x width 173 cm

purchase 1960-06-22

Public domain

Inv.; on loan from W.A.A.J. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1834-1889), Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Voorschoten, to the museum, 1932-1960 (inv. no. SK-C-1220); ? his half-brother, F.A.L.C. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1905-), Wassenaar; sale, George J. Gould, Esq. (New York) et al. [section F.A.L.C. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Wassenaar (1905-?)], London (Sotheby’s), 22 June 1960, no. 21, £ 15,000, to the museum

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