Posthumous Portrait of Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens, City Functionary of Heusden

Posthumous Portrait of Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens, City Functionary of Heusden

SK-A-3866

Posthuum portret van Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens (1794-1851), stadsfunctionaris van Heusden. Ten halven lijve, in ovaal, naar rechts. Pendant van SK-A-3867.

• signature and date: ‘B. de Poorter. ft 1852.’
• inscription: ‘Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens. Geboren 15 Junij 1794, Overleden 5 September 1851. In leven Directeur van het Postkantoor en Griffier bij het vredegerecht te Heusden. Zoon van Simon Tierens Segersz. en Antonia Adriana Hendrika van Bleyswijk, geb. 15 Juni 1794, gehuwd 8 Jan. 1817 met Joh.na Maria Parvé.’

painter: Bastiaan de Poorter (mentioned on object)

1852

oil on canvas

• height 88 cm x width 68.5 cm x thickness 3 cm
• depth 9.2 cm

Gift of M.C. van Houten, Doorn

gift 1953

Public domain

...; donated by Lieutenant-Colonel Marius Cornelis van Houten (1879-1953) Doorn, with xx other objects, to the museum, 1936, but kept in usufruct;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1953

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