Portrait of Pieter Ernst Hendrik Praetorius, Broker, Draftsman and Painter. Chairman of the Board of the Rijksmuseum 1852-74, Charles Howard Hodges, 1827

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Pieter Ernst Hendrik Praetorius, Broker, Draftsman and Painter. Chairman of the Board of the Rijksmuseum 1852-74

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4965

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘C.H. Hodges 1827’

Description

Portret van Pieter Ernst Hendrik Praetorius, makelaar, tekenaar en schilder. Voorzitter van de raad van bestuur van het Rijksmuseum 1852-1874. Zittende halffiguur, naar rechts kijkend. Gekleed in een donker kostuum met wit plastron. De rechterhand steunt tegen het gezicht, terwijl de elleboog op een map met tekeningen rust waar zijn naam op één van de uitstekende bladen voorkomt. Rechts tegen het tafelkleed een stukje van de stoelleuning.

Creation

Artist

painter: Charles Howard Hodges

Dating

1827

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height c. 72.5 cm × width c. 60 cm
depth 12 cm

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1852 - 1874

Where

Amsterdam

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Dec-2000

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; by descent through the family of the sitter to Pieter E.H. Praetorius, Kaapstad;{Note RMA.} from whom, $10,000, to the museum, 2001

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.

Relations

Documentation

A farewell to Ronald de Leeuw : his favourite acquisitions for the Rijksmuseum, p. 96-97 met afb.
Charles Howard Hodges 1764-1837, p. 240, cat.nr. 436
Een eeuw Rijksmuseum in vogelvlucht, Theodoor Herman Lunsingh Scheurleer, p. 45
Documentatiemap SK.

Persistent URL

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