Portrait of Jochem Hendricksz Swartenhont (1566-1627)

Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy, 1627

Jochem Hendricksz Swartenhondt by Nicolaes Eliasz, called Pickenoy, 1627. In 1621 Swartenhondt (1566-1627) commanded the Dutch fleet in the Mediterranean Sea against the Spaniards and other enemies. For this Swartenhondt was awarded the gold chain he is wearing in the portrait. Swartenhondt is also portrayed in the painting by Vroom (adjacent). He is surrounded by officers and sailors on the highest deck of the Hollandsche Tuyn, the ship he commanded as captain.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-705
Dimensionssupport: height 118.3 cm x width 90.4 cm, outer size: depth 7.8 cm (support incl. frame)
Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

Title(s)
- Portrait of Jochem Hendricksz Swartenhont (1566-1627)
- Jochem Hendricksz Swartenhont (1566-1627). Vice Admiral of Holland, Husband of Elisabeth Bas (former title)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-705
Description
Portret van Jochem Hendricksz Swartenhont (1566-1627). Luitenant-admiraal van Holland, echtgenoot van Elisabeth Bas. Heupstuk, staande met de rechtervuist leunend op een tafeltje, de linkerarm in de zij. Om de borst een sjerp en een ketting met een penning door Jacob van Bylaer over de overwinningen van prins Maurits in Brazilië uit 1624.
Inscriptions / marks
inscription and date, top right: ‘Aetatis. suae. 62. Anº. 1627’
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Creation

Creation
- painter: Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy
- painter: Werner van den Valckert [rejected attribution]
Dating
1627
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on panel
Dimensions
- support: height 118.3 cm x width 90.4 cm
- outer size: depth 7.8 cm (support incl. frame)

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Person
Subject

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Jonkheer J.S.H. van de Poll Bequest, Amsterdam
Acquisition
bequest 1880
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
? Commissioned by or for the sitter; ? his eldest daughter, Angelica Swartenhondt (1607-78), Amsterdam; ? Her cousin, Maria Rey (c. 1631-1703), Amsterdam; ? her eldest son, Hendrick Meulenaer (1650-1704), Amsterdam; ? his daughter, Maria Meulenaer (1678-1743), Amsterdam; ? her husband, Pieter Schout Muilman (1672-1757), Amsterdam; ? his son, Dionis Muilman (1702-72), Amsterdam; ? his younger brother, Nicolaas Muilman (1709-90), Amsterdam; ? his eldest son, Henric Muilman (1743-1812), Amsterdam; ? his son, Willem Ferdinand Mogge Muilman (1778-1849), Amsterdam; ? his wife, Magdalena Antonia Muilman (1788-1853), Amsterdam; ? her daughter, Anna Maria van de Poll-Mogge Muilman (1811-78), Amsterdam; her stepson, Jacobus Salomon Hendrik van de Poll (1837-80), Amsterdam; by whom bequeathed to the museum, 1880; on loan to the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, 4 December 1972 to 10 March 1998{Provenance reconstructed in Frederiks 1888, p. 79; with extra information supplied by Cornelis van der Bas, 2003.}

Documentation

- Rosenberg 1964, p. 58, fig. 48 G
- T. van Gent, 'Luitenant-admiraal Jochem Swartenhondt (1566-1627) en de slag in de straat van Gibraltar 1622 : van scheepsjongen tot admiraal en kroegbaas', Marineblad 107 (1997) 1, p. 12-15 met afb.
- Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963). (literatuur met opmerkingen: Hetzelfde portret in het Burgerweeshuis te Alkmaar als 'Wolbrand Gelleynoy de Jongh' door C. van Everdingen...); artikel Gent (1997).
- J. Six, '...', Oud Holland 4 (1886), p. 87, noot 3.
- G. Kolleman, 'Roelof Meulenaer postmeester tot Antwerpen', Ons Amsterdam XXIII (1971), p. 114, 115 + afb. 116
- G. Kolleman, 'Admiraal Swartenhondt en zijn vrouw Lysbeth Bas', Ons Amsterdam 19 (1967), p. 57-62 + afb.
- Wap Caron-Flinterman, Ere wie ere toekomt: Verering bij de Admiraliteit en de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie in de 17e eeuwse Republiek, VU Amsterdam, mei 2002 [afstudeerscriptie Geschiedenis].

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