Portrait of Maritge Claesdr Vooght

Frans Hals, 1639

Maritge Vooght grew up in a Haarlem family business of brewers. She married Pieter Olycan at the age of 18. Their union allowed him to hold high positions and he became co-heir to the brewery. In addition, they established a brewery of their own, which as was usual then, was registered under Pieter’s name. Their daughter Geertruyt successfully carried on the family business. That they were prosperous is evidenced by Vooght’s expensive clothing and precious church book.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-C-139
  • Dimensionssupport: height 126.4 cm x width 93.2 cm, frame: height 148 cm x width 115 cm x thickness 7.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Maritge Claesdr Vooght (1577-1644)
    • Portrait of Maritge Claesdr Vooght
    • Maritge Claesdr Voogt (1577-1644), Wife of Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, Burgomaster of Haarlem (former title)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-C-139

  • Description

    Portret van de Haarlemse brouwster Maritge Claesdr Vooght (1577-1644). Kniestuk, zittend in een stoel, een boek in de rechterhand. Op de wand achter haar het familiewapen. Waarschijnlijk pendant van het portret van haar echtgenoot Pieter Jacobsz Olycan (1572-1658), brouwer en burgemeester, dat zich bevindt in het John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art te Sarasota, Florida.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • coat of arms, upper left (covered with reversible paint): quartered, 1 and 4, three silver ducks with red beaks and feet on a black field; 2 and 3, three black herons with red beaks and feet on a red field
    • inscription and date, upper left: ‘ÆTAT: SVA. 62 / ANº 1639’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Frans Hals

  • Dating

    1639

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 126.4 cm x width 93.2 cm
    • frame: height 148 cm x width 115 cm x thickness 7.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? Commissioned by or for Maritge Claesdr Vooght and her husband Pieter Jacobsz Olycan with pendant, _Portrait of Pieter Jacobsz Olycan_ (fig. 110a); ? probate inventory, their daughter, Geertruijd Olycan (1603-66), Haarlem, 11 November 1666 (‘2 conterfeytsels van de Heer Burg. Olijcan en sijn huijs vrouwe van Frans Hals’);{Biesboer 2001, p. 181, no. 11.}…; sale, Jean Bernard (1765-1833), Amsterdam (J. de Vries et al.), 24 November 1834, no. 46 (‘Eene zittende oude Vrouw in deftige oud Nederlandsche kleding, houdende een kerkboek in de hand, […]. Hoog 1 el 2 p. 5 d., breed 9 p. 2 d. [125 x 92 cm] Doek’), fl. 160, to the dealer Jeronimo de Vries; from whom, fl. 180, to Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854), Amsterdam, 1834;{Van der Hoop Lijst, no. 127: ‘Een vrouwenportret door Frans Hals, op dezelfde Veiling [24 November 1834] fl. 180’.} by whom bequeathed to the City of Amsterdam with the rest of his collection, 1854;{Van der Hoop _Taxatie_ 1854: ‘Eene dame in fluweelen kleeding fl. 80’.} on loan from the City of Amsterdam to the museum since 30 June 1885{For the reconstruction of the provenance see Pollmer 2004, p. 151, no. 66.}

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