Haarlem Citizen

• Haarlem Citizen
• Portrait of a man

SK-A-3853

inscription, bottom transverse of the frame, on the cartellino: ‘A[nn]o m d xxix // [A]Etate vero xlvi’

The only thing known about this man is inscribed in Latin on the trompe-l’oeil cartellino on the original frame: ‘In the year of our Lord 1529 / true age 46.’ The word ‘true’ implicitly emphasizes the memory of his appearance at that specific moment. The little piece of paper seems about to come loose at any moment and thus refers to the transience of earthly existence.

K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 54, afb. 38.

painter: Jan van Scorel, Haarlem

1529

olieverf op paneel

height 48.5 cm x width 34.5 cm

purchase 1953-03

Public domain

…; by descent to Jonkheer Pieter van Foreest (1845-1922), Huis de Nijenburg, Heiloo, as anonymous;{Utrecht 1913, suppl. pp. 12-13, no. 171.} transferred to N.V. `Nyenburgh´, Heiloo, 1913;{Rombach 1987, p. 25.} from which, fl. 30,000, to the museum, 1953

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.

K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 54, afb. 38.

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200107986