Portrait of Henrick Hooft

• Portrait of Henrick Hooft (1617-78)
• Portrait of Henrick Hooft

Portret van Henrick Hooft (1617-78). Later burgemeester van Amsterdam

SK-A-1250

signature, date and inscription, centre left: ‘Ætatis. 23. / A.º 1640 / M. Miereveld’

The demand for portraits in the Netherlands was great in the 17th century. Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt was the most productive and successful portraitist in Delft: according to a somewhat exaggerated contemporary account, the artist painted around 10,000 portraits. His fame extended beyond the city limits. Both in their twenties, Henrick Hooft and Aegje Hasselaer of Amsterdam had themselves eternalized in paint by him on the occasion of their marriage.

F.G.L.O. van Kretschmar, 'Aantekeningen bij de portretten van Hooft', Jaarboek van het Centraal Bureau voor de Genealogie 36 (1981), p. 110-111.

painter: Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (signed by artist)

1640

olieverf op paneel

• depth 9.5 cm
• height 69.7 cm x width 60 cm

Gift of Jonkheer J.S.R. van de Poll, Arnhem

gift 1885-11

Public domain

? Commissioned by or for the sitters; ? their daughter, Brechje Hooft (1640-1721), Amsterdam;{Van Kretschmar 1981, p. 111.} ? her eldest son, Jan van de Poll (1668-1745), Amsterdam; ? his son Harmen Hendrik van de Poll (1697-1772), Amsterdam; ? his wife Margaretha Trip (1699-1778); her son Jan van de Poll (1721-1801), Amsterdam;{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. no. 168, no. 302 (14 April 1884).} his grandson Jan van de Poll (1777-1858), Amsterdam, 1802 (stored with other family portraits in his aunt´s house, Herengracht 479 in Amsterdam); his son Jan Stanislaus Robert van de Poll (1805-88), Arnhem (stored with 25 other family portraits in his sister-in-law´s house, Herengracht 450 in Amsterdam); by whom donated to the museum together with 34 other family portraits, November 1885{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 164, no. 299 (30 December 1884); RANH, ARS, Kop, inv. 289, pp. 62-68, no. 154 (19 November 1885).}

F.G.L.O. van Kretschmar, 'Aantekeningen bij de portretten van Hooft', Jaarboek van het Centraal Bureau voor de Genealogie 36 (1981), p. 110-111.

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