Portrait of Sophia van Overmeer (1608-1684)

Portrait of Sophia van Overmeer (1608-1684)

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Portret van Sophia van Overmeer (1608-84), echtgenote van Adriaen van Persijn. Buste naar links, rechtsboven het familiewapen.

• coat of arms, top right: divided vertically. 1: a gold star with three birds, two above and one below, on a green (originally blue) field. 2: a red eagle on a gold field
• signature and date, with monogram, upper right: ‘Aº . 1650 / I.W.’

painter: Jan Jansz. Westerbaen (I) (signed by artist)

1650

olieverf op paneel

• depth 4 cm
• height 68 cm x width 57.6 cm

Public domain

Commissioned by or for the sitter; ? her son, Godevert van Persijn (1633-1695), The Hague; ? his son, Willem van Persijn (1655-1733), The Hague; ? his son, Govert van Persijn (1684-1756), The Hague; ? his son, Govert Johan van Persijn (1724-1809), The Hague; his nephew, Anthony Quirinus van Persijn (1767-1842), Amsterdam, with 13 other family portraits, 1801 (`Portraiten onser voorouders in der rechte manlijke linie. Twee partijen. A […] No 3:2 Sophia van Overmeer, Echtgenoote van Adriaan Goverts-zoon van Persijn´);{HUA, no. 11.2, Van Persijn family archive, _Lijst van familieportretten, welke door Govert Jan aan Antonius Quirinus van Persijn zijn overgedragen, 1801_, no. 32. `No 3.2´ is recorded on a label in 18th-century handwriting on the reverse of the panel.} ? his daughter, Hester Constantia van Persijn (1793-1887), Utrecht, or his son, Jan van Persijn (1799-1834), Amsterdam; ? the latter´s daughter, Elisabeth Machtelina van Persijn (1828-1865), Utrecht; ? her husband, Count Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandenburg (1826-1885), Neerlangbroek;…; sale, M.M. van Galen, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 30 October 1888 _sqq._, no. 448, as Monogrammist J.W., 17th century, fl. 174.30, to the museum{NHA, ARM, IS, inv. 168, no. 381 (3 December 1888); NHA, ARM, Kop., inv. 289, p. 204, no. 464 (13 December 1888).}

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20026951