Portrait of Lysbeth van Duvenvoirde

Cologne, c. 1430, oil on parchment

‘Long have I yearned for the man who would open his heart.’ With these words, inscribed in Middle Dutch on the S-shaped banderole, Lysbeth van Duvenvoirde expressed her feelings for her husband. She was from a noble Dutch family and married the knight Simon van Adrichem in 1430. In this portrait she is wearing her wedding jewellery: a necklace, five rings, and a belt with little bells.

Artwork typepainting, diptych
Object numberSK-C-1454
Dimensionsheight 42 cm x width 29.3 cm x thickness 5.9 cm, height 32 cm x width 20 cm

Identification

Object type
Object number
SK-C-1454
Inscriptions / marks
- coat of arms, upper left: divided vertically, 1, a red lion with blue tongue and claws on a gold field, a blue label across its breast, and on the breast, over all, a silver shield charged with a black cogwheel; 2, three black crescent moons on a gold field
- inscription, on the reverse of the parchment: ‘Afbeeltsel van Juffer Lijsbeth van Duvoorde, Heer Dircks dochter. Sij troude den 19 Meert ao 1430 aen Symon van Adrichem, Ridder Heer Floris soon, en sterff op Ons heeren hemelvaerts Avond ao: 1472, en is begraven in de Beverwijck in t Reguliersconvent voor het H. Cruys Autaer dat hy (Simon) had doen machen(?)’
- inscription, on the scroll: ‘Mi verdriet lange te hopen, Wie is hi die sijn hert hout open.’
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
M.M. Tóth-Ubbens, 'Portret van Lijsbeth van Duvenvoorde', Openbaar Kunstbezit (1968) feb., nr. 22, p. 2a-2b

Creation

Creation
painter: anoniem, Cologne (possibly)
Dating
c. 1430
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Material and technique

Material
Technique
Dimensions
- height 42 cm x width 29.3 cm x thickness 5.9 cm
- height 32 cm x width 20 cm

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Person
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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Joannes M.C. van Blaauwsonnevelt van den Bergh (1842-?), Haarlem, 1897;{Coll. cat. The Hague 2004b, p. 356.} …; dealer, Frederik Muller, 1906, as manner of Hubert van Eyck; {Dealer cat. Muller 10 July 1906-15 September 1906} collection X; ...; collection Herman J. Heshuysen, Haarlem, 1910;{Coll. cat. The Hague 2004b, p. 356; note RMA.} …; collection Jonkheer Henry Teixeira de Mattos (1867-1924), Haarlem and Vogelenzang (Huize Teylingerbosch), 1915;{Haarlem 1915, p. no. 348; Note RMA.} his daughter Jonkvrouwe Margaretha A. Teixeira de Mattos (1905-1954) and her husband Pierre van Son (1904-1969), Aerdenhout, 1937;{Coll. cat. The Hague 2004b, p. 356.} …; sale, H.J.J.G.H. Miele (The Hague), Mrs J. Onnen-Vreede (Bilthoven) et al. Amsterdam (F. Muller), 25 January 1944 sqq., no. 34, fl. 55,000, to Wilhelm Martin, for the Mauritshuis, The Hague;{Copy RKD.} on loan to the museum since 1959; on loan to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam 2004-10

Documentation

M.M. Tóth-Ubbens, 'Portret van Lijsbeth van Duvenvoorde', Openbaar Kunstbezit (1968) feb., nr. 22, p. 2a-2b

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