Portrait of a Young Woman, Possibly Susanna Reael

Isaack Luttichuys, 1656

The woman portrayed may be Susanna Reael at the age of 18, who later married Hiob de Wildt. She died when she was only 25, shortly after giving birth to their son David. The portrait was owned by the De Wildt family for centuries. Therefore, it still has the original frame, decorated with auricular shapes and flowers.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-C-1477
  • Dimensionsheight 99 cm x width 82 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait of a Young Woman, Possibly Susanna Reael

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-C-1477

  • Description

    Portret van een jonge vrouw, mogelijk Susanna Reael. Kniestuk, staande, in de linkerhand een struisveer.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘J Luttichuis Fecit Anno 1656’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Isaack Luttichuys

  • Dating

    1656

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 99 cm x width 82 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from private collectors

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? Commissioned by or for the sitter; ? her second husband, Hiob de Wildt (1637-1704), Amsterdam; ? their son, David de Wildt (1662-1729), Amsterdam; ? his son, Hiob de Wildt (1697-1755), Amsterdam; ? his son, Hugo de Wildt (1741-1813), Amsterdam and Leiden; his daughter, Maria Susanna Theodora de Wildt (1766-1851), Leiden and Wassenaar; transferred for safekeeping to the Charter Room in Leiden Town Hall, 13 April 1838, with other family portraits from the collection of Maria Susanna Theodora de Wildt, no. 8 (‘Onbekende jonge vrouw door J. Luttenburg anno 1646; zwaar met worm’);{cited in Ebert 2009, p. 562.} removed at the request of her nephew, Frans de Wildt (1805-69), Amsterdam, 4 May 1839;{Note RMA; Van Thiel in Amsterdam 1984, p. 181; Van Thiel in Van Thiel/De Bruyn Kops 1995, p. 227.} ? his daughter, Isabella de Wildt (1832-83), Haarlem; ? her husband, Jan Pieter Teding van Berkhout, (1831-98), Haarlem; his son, Pieter Teding van Berkhout (1865-1935), Huis Boekenrode, Aerdenhout, 1915;{Haarlem 1915, p. 9, no. 140.} his sale, (Mensing and Muller), 9 December 1930, no. 250, fl. 5,800, to Van Bever,{Hofstede de Groot notes RKD.} or to Jonkvrouw Sophia Wilhelmina Petronella van Lennep (1892-1966), wife of Pierre Herbert Bicker (1866-1945), Driebergen,{Letter Pierre Herbert Bicker to A. Staring, 3 May 1944; file RMA.} or to Pierre Herbert Bicker (1866-1945), Driebergen; {Note RMA.} collection Sophia Wilhelmina Petronella van Lennep (1892-1966), Driebergen, widow of Pierre Herbert Bicker; her daughter,Wendela Isabella Catharina Royer née Bicker (1929-2006), Rotterdam; from whom, on loan to the museum, 1966-2006;…; on loan from a private collector to the museum, since 2006

  • 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

  • Monique Rakhorst, 'De grootste sijn de beste' : Diamanten en parels, uit: Kunstschrift, 59, 2015, 5, pagina 46-49 - p. 48, afb. 65

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