Portrait of Cornelis de Witt (1485-1537)

Portrait of Cornelis de Witt (1485-1537)

SK-A-4753

Portret van Cornelis de Witt (1485-1537). Ten halven lijve, naar rechts met gevouwen handen. Linksboven het familiewapen. Kopie naar een onbekend origineel. Pendant van SK-A-4754. Behoort tot een groep portretten: SK-A-4753 / SK-A-4754/ SK-A-4776 / SK-A-4772 / SK-A-4771 / SK-A-4756 / SK-A-4757 / SK-A-4773 / SK-A-4758 / SK-A-4759 / SK-A-4775 en SK-A-4774.

inscription: ‘12 C. de Witt WitsZn. 1537’

painter: copy after anonymous, Northern Netherlands

1500 - before 1537

oil on panel

height 42 cm x width 32 cm

Jonkheer E.L.W.M. Hoeufft van Velsen Bequest, Meeuwen

bequest 1965

Public domain

…; ? collection Jonkheer Ir Jacob Pompejus Ernst Hoeufft, Lord van Velsen en Santpoort (1842-1910) The Hague or collection Jonkheer Henrik Hoeufft, Lord van Velsen en Santpoort (1872-1931), Scheveningen;{Moes II, 1905, pp. 632-633, no. 9173.} his son or grandson, Jonkheer Ernest Louis Willy Marc Hoeufft, Lord of Velsen and Santpoort (1903-65), Meeuwen (near ’s-Hertogenbosch); by whom bequeathed, with pendant SK-A-4754 and xx other objects, to the museum, 1965

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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