Portrait of Catherine Behaghel

• Portrait of Catherine Behaghel
• Portrait of Catharina Behaghel

Portret van Catharina Behaghel, echtgenote van Rogier Le Witer

SK-A-4972

• inscription: ‘AETATIS.38’
• signature and date: ‘J Jordaens fecit 1635’

Catharina Behaghel was a member of Antwerp’s wealthy bourgeoisie. Her clothes and accessories, such as the fan, reflect her status. She was probably pregnant when she and her husband were portrayed by Jordaens. Their frontal depiction was unusual for companion portraits of the time. Interestingly, the herm figure in the golden pillar next to Catharina is female, while the one next to her husband is male.

J.S. Held, 'Notes on Jordaens', Oud Holland 80 (1965), p. 112-114, 117, 118.

painter: Jacques Jordaens

1635

olieverf op doek

height 152 cm x width 118 cm

Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Stichting Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit, the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Mondriaan Stichting, the Ministerie van OCenW, the VSBfonds, the Jaffé-Pierson Stichting, H.B. van der Ven, The Hague and the Rijksmuseum Fonds

purchase 2002

Public domain

Commissioned by the sitter's husband, Rogier Le Witer, Antwerp;{Note RMA.}….; Baron Dubois Wellens (Antwerp);{Note RMA}...; sale, P.H. Carpentier (Antwerp), 25 June 1849, no. 1, 2 and 3, bought in; Louis du Bois de Caters (1800-68), Antwerp; Douairière Bosschaert du Bois, Castle Vorselaar near Antwerp; Baron de Borrekens(?-1999), with the castle Vorselaar near Antwerp; his sale, London (Sotheby's), 12 July 2001, no. 35A, no. 35B and no. 36, £2,203,500, to the dealer R. Noortman, Maastricht;{Copy RMA.} from whom, fl. 12,500,000, with SK-A-4972 and SK-A-4973, to the Rijksmuseum, 2002

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.

• J.S. Held, 'Notes on Jordaens', Oud Holland 80 (1965), p. 112-114, 117, 118.
• F. Stonor, 'In search of Jacob Jordaens', in: The Connoisseur (January 1967), p.16, afb. 6
• R.-A. d'Hulst, 'Het boek in de Europese schilderkunst en meer in het bijzonder in het oeuvre van Jacob Jordaens', in: Liber Amicorum Herman Liebaers, Brussel 1984, p. 448.
• Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 2001, Amsterdam 2002, p. 56-57 met afb.
• Documentatiemap SK.
• Cat. Sotheby's London, Old Master Paintings Part I, sale L01121 (2001-07-12)
• P. van der Ploeg, 'Over twee portretten van Rubens', Mauritshuis in Focus 16 (2003), p. 20-21.
• L. Hendrikman, 'Oog in oog met Jacob Jordaens', Rijksmuseum Maastricht, Uitgelicht 8 [vouwblad].
• J.P. Filedt Kok, 'Drie portretten', Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt 12 (2002), p. 9-13.

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