Portrait of Martinus Alewijn

Dirck van Santvoort (signed by artist), 1644

This canvas presents Martinus Alewijn, the ten-year-old son of an Amsterdam merchant. He is not simply eternalized in paint as the wealthy city boy that he was, but rather in the guise of a shepherd holding a staff sitting beneath a tree, with a dog and some sheep. These motifs reference country life and hunting. They underscore the family's prominent social standing and affluence.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-1310
  • Dimensionssupport: height 124 cm x width 91 cm, outer size: depth 8 cm (support incl. SK-L-2106)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Martinus Alewijn
    • Portrait of Martinus Alewijn (1634-1684)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-1310

  • Description

    Portret van Martinus Alewijn (1634-84), zoon van Abraham Alewijn en Geertruid Hooftman, als een herder zittend onder een boom met een hond en staf; rechts een paar schapen. Pendant van SK-A-1311.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, bottom centre: ‘Santvoort fe. 1644’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Dirck van Santvoort (signed by artist)

  • Dating

    1644

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 124 cm x width 91 cm
    • outer size: depth 8 cm (support incl. SK-L-2106)

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Period

    1634 - 1684

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    • purchase 1885
    • purchase 2015-08-21
    • interne vervaardiging 1885
    • interne vervaardiging 2015-08-21

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    **For both the present painting (SK-A-1310) and its pendant (SK-A-1311)**
    ? Commissioned by the sitters’ uncle, Frederik Dircksz Alewijn (1603-1665), Amsterdam; ? his probate inventory, 18 December 1665, in the central room of the house at 182 Herengracht, Amsterdam, nos. 37a, 37b, as Anonymous (‘2 schilderije contrefeijtsels van de kinderen t eene een van Martinus Allewijn en tander van de nicht de Bij’);{GPI, N-2349, no. 37.} ? his son, Dirck Alewijn (1644-1687), Amsterdam; ? his son, Dirck Alewijn (1682-1742), Amsterdam and Beemster; ? his son, Frederik Alewijn (1737-1804), Amsterdam and Beemster; ? his son, Frederik Alewijn (1775-1817), Hoorn and Beemster; his son, Dirk Margarethus Alewijn (1816-1885), Hoorn and Medemblik;{Note RMA.} his sale, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos), 16 December 1885, nos. 79, 80, fl. 845, to the dealer Muller, as Abraham van Santvoort;{Copy RMA. NHA, ARS, IS, inv. 165, nos. 491 (15 December 1885), 493 (15 December 1885), 497 (17 December 1885), 498 (18 December 1885).} from whom, fl. 971.75, to the museum, 1885

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