Portrait of Marie Jeanette de Lange

Portrait of Marie Jeanette de Lange

SK-A-4989

signature and date: ‘J.Toorop 1900’

Marie Jeanette de Lange chaired the Vereeniging voor Verbetering van Vrouwenkleding (Association for the Improvement of Women’s Clothing), which championed hygienic, loose-fitting, natural clothing that allowed women greater freedom of movement. In February 1900 she posed at home, dressed comfortably, for Jan Toorop. Using tiny dots of colourful paint, he created a sparkling portrait of a modern woman on the threshold of a new century.

Jaarverslag 2005, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, p. 60-62

painter: Jan Toorop

1900

olieverf op doek

height 70.5 cm x width 77.4 cm

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, the BankGiro Lottery and the Rijksmuseum Fonds

purchase 2005

Public domain

By descent through the family of the sitter, 1900-2005;{Note RMA.} anonymous sale, Amsterdam (Christie´s), 29 November 2005, no. 244, €720,000;{Copy RMA.}…; purchased from the dealer R. Noortman, Maastricht, by the museum, 2006

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.

• Jaarverslag 2005, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, p. 60-62
• L. van Deyssel, 'Jan Toorop (Ten-toon-stellingen bij Buffia en Van Wisselingh)', Verzamelde Werken, nieuwe reeks, Kunst en kritiek, 2de bundel, Amsterdam, 1922, p. 296-297. Eerder verschenen in De XX Eeuw, mei 1904, p. 254.
• J. Reynarts, 'Portret van Marie Jeanette de Lange. Een pointilistisch portret door Jan Toorop', Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt 16 (2006), nr. 3, p. 18-21.
• J. Reynaerts, 'De aanwinst', Oog 0 (2006), p. 42-43.
• B. Hofstede, 'Het tweede vaderland', Kunstschrift (2014) nr. 3, p. 31, afb. 31.

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