Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog

Adriaan de Lelie, 1790

Hendrick de Hartog taught mathematics at the Felix Meritis Society on Monday evenings. He had this portrait made when the Dutch East India Company (VOC) appointed him a navigation examiner. On the table are a telescope and a sextant. De Hartog had devised a new, viable arithmetic method for calculating lunar distance while at sea.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-4929
Dimensionsheight 79 cm x width 64 cm
Physical characteristicsolieverf op papier

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Identification

Title(s)
Portret van Hendrick de Hartog
Object type
Object number
SK-A-4929
Description
Portret van Hendrick de Hartog, examinator stuurlieden voor de VOC en de Raad van de Aziatische bezittingen, lector wiskunde en zeevaartkunde aan het Atheneum Illustre te Amsterdam en lid van Felix Meritis. Zittend, ten halven lijve aan een tafel, een papier met een geometrische tekening in de linkerhand. Op tafel staan een sextant en een telescoop.
Inscriptions / marks
signature and date: ‘A. de Lelie 1790’
Catalogue reference
Documentatiemap Schilderijen.

Creation

Creation
painter: Adriaan de Lelie
Dating
1790
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Material and technique

Physical description
olieverf op papier
Material
Dimensions
height 79 cm x width 64 cm

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Person
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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Gift of V.E. Schaefer, Laren (Noord-Holland) and F. Schaefer-de Balbian Verster, Laren (Noord-Holland)
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; the sitter´s estate;{Verslagen 1997, p. 40.} by descent through the families De Hartog and Schaefer to Ds Victor Emil Schaefer (1909-2001) and Florentia Schaefer, née De Balbian Vester (1917-2004), Laren;{Verslagen 1997, p. 40.} by whom donated to the museum, but kept in usufruct, 1997; transferred to the museum, 2005
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.