A Calligraphic Maxim, Flanked by Tulips

Isaac Hondius, 1667

Gecalligrafeerde spreuk geflankeerd door twee tulpen: Kruyt, blom en lof / Verciert een Hof / Des Somers Maer / Deugt ende Eer / Verciert zijn Heer / tGeheele Jaar.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-C-1558
  • Dimensionsheight 46.5 cm x width 62 cm, depth 3.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    A Calligraphic Maxim, Flanked by Tulips

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-C-1558

  • Description

    Gecalligrafeerde spreuk geflankeerd door twee tulpen: Kruyt, blom en lof / Verciert een Hof / Des Somers Maer / Deugt ende Eer / Verciert zijn Heer / tGeheele Jaar.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘I. Hondius pinxit 1667.’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Isaac Hondius

  • Dating

    1667

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • height 46.5 cm x width 62 cm
    • depth 3.5 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; donated by an unknown person to the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, 1886;{Van Thiel, 1995, p. 55} on loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap to the museum since 1973

  • 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.

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