Portrait of Ernest de Beveren, Lord of West-IJsselmonde and De Lindt

Aert de Gelder (signed by artist), 1685

The 25-year-old Ernest de Beveren was the last scion of one of Dordrecht’s most distinguished regent families. He is represented in a fanciful historicizing costume. Emulating Rembrandt, De Gelder painted with broad brushstrokes, used his brush handle to scratch into the paint layer, and introduced similar contrasts of light and dark.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-3969
Dimensionsheight 128 cm x width 105 cm
Physical characteristicsolieverf op doek

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Portrait of Ernest de Beveren, Lord of West-IJsselmonde and De Lindt

Identification

Title(s)
Ernestus van Beveren (1660-1722), Lord of West-Ysselmonde and de Lindt, Alderman, Burgomaster and from 1704 on Postmaster of Dordrecht
Object type
Object number
SK-A-3969
Description
Portret van Ernst van Beveren, heer van West-IJselmonde en de Lindt, schepen, burgemeester en sedert 1704 postmeester van Dordrecht. Heupstuk, staande bij een tafel en gebarend met de rechterhand.
Inscriptions / marks
signature and date: ‘ADe Gelder f. 1685’

Creation

Creation
painter: Aert de Gelder (signed by artist)
Dating
1685
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Material and technique

Physical description
olieverf op doek
Material
Dimensions
height 128 cm x width 105 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; sale, l´Ancienne collection du Château de Biljoen et al. [section Château de Biljoen; Gertrude Elise Julia van Limburg-Stirum (1842-1921)], Amsterdam (F. Muller), 28 May 1918, no. 140, fl. 40,000, to Jean Joseph Marie Chabot (1857-1944), Montreux/Brussel; from whom on loan to the museum, from 1923 to 1942 (inv. no. SK-C-1124-2); from Jean Joseph Marie Chabot (1857-1944), fl. 800,000, with two other paintings, to the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler´s Führermuseum, Linz, 21 July 1942 (inv. no. 2417);{Schwarz 2004, p. 146, no. XXII/11; the Linz inv. no. 2417 is recorded on the reverse of the painting.} war recuperation, SNK, 9 October 1945 (inv. no. NK 2328);{Provenance from 1918 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; Schwarz 2004, p. 146, no. XXII/11; MCCP website, file card no. 4987; the Munich Central Collecting Point number 4987 is recorded in blue ink on the reverse of the painting.} on loan from the SNK to the museum, 1948 (inv. no. SK-C-1383); transferred to the museum, 1960
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.