Portrait of a Man, Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck, 1646

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of a Man

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3352

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘J. VSpronck an. 1646’

Description

Portret van een jonge man. Staand, ten halven lijve, de armen over elkaar voor de borst. Op het hoofd een zwarte hoed met brede rand.

Creation

Artist

painter: Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck (mentioned on object)

Dating

1646

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 86 cm × width 65.5 cm
depth 7.5 cm

Subject

What

anonymous historical person portrayed

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Kessler-Hülsmann, Kapelle op den Bosch

Acquisition

gift Mar-1940

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Dominicus Antonius Josephus Kessler (1855-1939) and Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann (1868-1947), Kapelle op den Bosch, near Mechelen, by 1929;{London 1929, p. 149, no. 361.} donated, with xx other objects, by Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann to the museum, 1940

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

Johannes Verspronck en het Meisje in het blauw, Rudolf E.O. Ekkart, p. 32, afb/ 27
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 26, cat.nr. 58
Consistent choices : a technical study of Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck's portraits in the Rijksmuseum, Anna Krekeler, Erika Smeenk-Metz, Zeph Benders, Michel A.A.M. van de Laar, fig. 10

Persistent URL

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