Portrait of Caecilia van Beresteyn (1589-1661)

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (signed by artist), Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist), Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (signed by artist), Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist), 1640

Portret van Caecilia van Beresteyn. Zittend, ten halven lijve naar links. Op de achterzijde de familiewapens, een inscriptie en het cijfer 26.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-2067
Dimensionssupport: height 70.8 cm x width 60 cm, outer size: depth 6 cm (support incl. frame)
Physical characteristicsoil on panel

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Portrait of Caecilia van Beresteyn (1589-1661)

Identification

Title(s)
Portrait of Caecilia van Beresteyn (1589-1661)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-2067
Description
Portret van Caecilia van Beresteyn. Zittend, ten halven lijve naar links. Op de achterzijde de familiewapens, een inscriptie en het cijfer 26.
Inscriptions / marks
- signature, date and inscription, centre left: ‘Ætatis. 51. / A.º 1640. / M. Miereveld.’
- inscription, on the reverse: ‘Vrouw Cicilia Paulusdogt.r van Berest.n geb. binne Delft 8 feb. 1589 sterft 29 9 b.r 1661 Begraven in den Briell. Troud’ op 4 feb. 1614 Met d’ hr. Cornelis Briel. raad & rentm.r gener. van d’ Graaflijke domeijnen van den Lande van Voorn & op 26 octob.r 1627 de tweede maal met d h.r Pieter de Witte. Burgem.r der Stad Z-Zee. 26’
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Creation

Creation
- painter: Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (signed by artist)
- painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist)
Dating
1640
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on panel
Material
Dimensions
- support: height 70.8 cm x width 60 cm
- outer size: depth 6 cm (support incl. frame)

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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Jonkheer J. de Witte van Citters Bequest, The Hague
Acquisition
bequest 1876
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
? By descent through the families Briell, De Jonge van Ellemeet, Van Citters to Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters (1817-76), The Hague; or ? by descent through the families De Witte, Ockerse, Van Gelre, De Witte van Elkerzee to Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters (1817-76), The Hague; first recorded in the collection of the De Witte van Citters family, in the library of Kasteel Popkensburg, in the early 19th century;{RAU, PA 26, Des Tombe archive, no. 843, ‘Getekende plattegrond van ruimte waarin familieportretten hangen’, no. 26.} bequeathed to the museum by Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters, 1876, but given in usufruct to his sister Carolina Hester de Witte van Citters (1820-1901) and her husband Arnoldus Andries des Tombe (1818-1902), until 1903

Documentation

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