Portrait of Isaac Jan Alexander Gogel

Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, c. 1811 - c. 1813

Gogel was one of the architects of the 1798 constitution of the Batavian Republic. As minister of finance, he introduced a new tax system in 1805. He also initiated the founding of the Nationale Konstgallerij, the precursor of the Rijksmuseum, in 1798.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3136
  • Dimensionsheight 95 cm x width 75 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Isaac Jan Alexander Gogel
    • Isaac Jan Alexander Gogel (1765-1821). Minister of Finance
  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3136

  • Description

    Portret van Isaac Jan Alexander Gogel, minister van financiën, zittend in een stoel, in het kostuum van de Staatsraad, een document in de hand. Getooid met het groot kruis van de Orde van de Reünie, het officierskruis van die Orde en het officierskruis van het Legioen van Eer.


Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Mattheus Ignatius van Bree

  • Dating

    c. 1811 - c. 1813

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 95 cm x width 75 cm


This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Period

    1794 - 1821


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    W.S. Burger Bequest, Antwerp

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1933-01

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; bequeathed by Willem Simon Burger (1853-1933), Antwerp, with three other objects, to the museum, 1933

  • 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.


Documentation

    • Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).
    • De inrichting van de Nationale Konst-Gallery in het openingsjaar 1800, uit: Oud Holland, 95, 1981, 4, pagina pp. 170-227 - p. 171, afb. 2(zie: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42711068)
    • F. Grijzenhout, 'Tempel voor Nederland : De Nationale Konst-Gallerij in 's-Gravenhage', Nederlands Kunsthistorische Jaarboek 35 (1984), p. 3, afb. 1.

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