Group Portrait of an Unidentified Board of Governors

Thomas de Keyser, c. 1625 - c. 1630

The governors of associations, institutions, and businesses took pride in having themselves portrayed as a group. These three unidentified gentlemen are clearly involved with money and precious objects. On the table before them are a pouch with coins and a beautiful ornate scale for weighing gold and other valuables. The man at the right holds a letter of credit. They may well be bankers.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-4236
Dimensionssupport: height 126 cm x width 105.8 cm, frame: height 149 cm x width 128.2 cm, sight size: height 125 cm x width 104.2 cm
Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

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Group Portrait of an Unidentified Board of Governors

Identification

Title(s)
- Group Portrait of an Unidentified Board of Governors
- Group Portrait of an Unidentified Body
Object type
Object number
SK-A-4236
Description
Groepsportret van een onbekend college. Links en rechts zit mannen in stoelen. De man links houdt een boekje (of doosje) in zijn linkerhand. De persoon rechts heeft een aantal geldstukken in de rechterhand. Tussen hen in staat een derde man (een bode?) die een verzegeld document aanreikt. Op een tafel in het midden staat een weegschaal waarvan de schalen door een draak worden gedragen.
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, 'Schilderde Thomas de Keyser in 1619 de commissarissen van de Wisselbank?’, Amstelodamum 64 (1977), p. 16-17

Creation

Creation
painter: Thomas de Keyser
Dating
c. 1625 - c. 1630
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on canvas
Material
Dimensions
- support: height 126 cm x width 105.8 cm
- frame: height 149 cm x width 128.2 cm
- sight size: height 125 cm x width 104.2 cm

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Subject

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
Acquisition
purchase 1973
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
...; sale, Lord Ravensworth, Ravensworth Castle, Newcastle on Tyne, sold on the premises (Anderson and Garland), 15 June 1920, no. 65, as Ferdinand Bol, to W.E. Duits;{Copy RKD.}...; collection F. Enthoven, Amsterdam (on loan to the museum 1925-28); his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 25 October 1932, no. 13, fl. 5,200, to the dealer Nicolaas Beets;{Copy RMA.}...; collection A.F. Philips, Eindhoven;{Note RMA.}...; from the dealer H. Cramer, The Hague, fl. 150,000, to the museum, as a gift of the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Fotocommissie, 1973
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

S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, 'Schilderde Thomas de Keyser in 1619 de commissarissen van de Wisselbank?’, Amstelodamum 64 (1977), p. 16-17

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