Portrait of Cornelis Fransz de Witt (1545-1622)

Portrait of Cornelis Fransz de Witt (1545-1622)

SK-A-4758

Portret van Cornelis Fransz de Witt (1545-1622). Ten halven lijve, staand, naar rechts. Misschien een kopie door Cornelis Engelsz. naar Gortzius Geldorp. Pendant van SK-A-4759. Behoort tot een groep portretten: SK-A-4753 / SK-A-4754 / SK-A-4776 / SK-A-4772 / SK-A-4771 / SK-A-4756 / SK-A-4757 / SK-A-4773 / SK-A-4758 / SK-A-4759 / SK-A-4775 en SK-A-4774.

coat of arms, upper left: ‘In groen drie springende hazewindhonden. (Witt)’

• painter: anonymous, Northern Netherlands
• painter: Cornelis Engelsz (possibly)
• painter: copy after Gortzius Geldorp

1575 - 1649

oil on panel

support: height 42 cm x width 31 cm

Jonkheer E.L.W.M. Hoeufft van Velsen Bequest, Meeuwen

bequest 1965

Public domain

…; ? collection Jonkheer Ir Jacob Pompejus Ernst Hoeufft, Lord van Velsen en Santpoort (1842-1910) The Hague, 1882;{Moes II, 1905, pp. 632-633, no. 9172.} ? his son, Jonkheer Henrik Hoeufft, Lord van Velsen en Santpoort (1872-1931), Scheveningen; his son, Jonkheer Ernest Louis Willy Marc Hoeufft, Lord of Velsen and Santpoort (1903-65), Meeuwen (near ’s-Hertogenbosch); by whom bequeathed, with pendant SK-A-4759 and xx other objects, to the museum, 1965

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