Portrait of Adriana Croes

Johannes Verspronck (signed by artist), 1644

Adriana Croes had herself immortalized by Verspronck when she had been widowed for several years. She and her husband, the cloth merchant Hendrick Pietersz Strijp, had five daughters. Years later, one of them, Maria, and her husband, Eduard Wallis, were also portrayed by Verspronck; their likenesses hang nearby. Adriana’s face is so realistically painted that it seems to reflect all her joys and sorrows.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4998
  • Dimensionssupport: height 92 cm x width 75.2 cm, outer size: depth 8 cm (support incl. SK-L-4523)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Adriana Croes
    • Portrait of Adriana Croes (1599-1656)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4998

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, lower left (‘ver’ ligated): ‘J verSpronck: an°: 1644:’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Johannes Verspronck (signed by artist)

  • Dating

    1644

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 92 cm x width 75.2 cm
    • outer size: depth 8 cm (support incl. SK-L-4523)

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2008-03-03

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? Commissioned by or for the sitter; probate inventory, her daughter, Maria van Strijp (1627-1707), widow of Eduard Wallis, Haarlem, 17 April 1707 (‘Twee dito [portraits] vande vader en moeder van Maria van Strijp’);{P. Biesboer, _Collections of Paintings in Haarlem 1572-1745: Documents for the History of Collecting: Netherlandish Inventories I_, Los Angeles 2001, p. 324, no. 11.} by descent to Jonkvrouw Anna Hubertina van Reenen, née Van Reenen (1892-1974), Nijmegen and Laren; her daughter, Jonkvrouw Dorothea Storm de Grave, née Van Reenen (1916-2006), Huis ter Heide, 1974; purchased from her estate by the museum, with SK-A-4997, SK-A-4999 and SK-A-5000, 3 March 2008

  • 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

    • Taco Dibbits, 'Portretten van Adriana Croes, Eduard Wallis, Maria van Strijp en Dirck, Jacobus of Johannes Wallis', Bulletin van de Vereniging brandt 18 (2008), nr. 2, p. 22-25.
    • Saul van Stapele, 'De specialist : de schilderijenrestaurator', Oog 3 (2009) nr. 4, p. 54-56.
    • 'Vier portretten door Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck', in: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jaarverslag 2007, Amsterdam 2008, p. 54-58.

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