Portrait of Abraham de Visscher (1605-67). Amsterdam merchant and director of the Dutch West India Company

Portrait of Abraham de Visscher (1605-67). Amsterdam merchant and director of the Dutch West India Company

SK-A-589

• label, on the reverse: ‘Abram de Visser getrout met Magtelt Bas’
• coat of arms, top right: three mermaids holding two mirrors, two above one, on a blue field

Portret van Abraham de Visscher (1605-67), koopman te Amsterdam en bewindhebber van de West Indische Compagnie. Kniestuk, staande met de rechterarm geleund op een verhoging. Rechtsboven het familiewapen. Pendant van SK-A-397.

Peter van den Brink, Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, CD-ROM, Zwolle 2009, cat.nr. A134 [Uitgebreidere bibliografie dan in de gelijknamige catalogus].

• painter: attributed to Jacob Adriaensz. Backer
• painter: attributed to Abraham van den Tempel [rejected]

c. 1651

olieverf op doek

• height 127 cm x width 98 cm
• depth 8.5 cm

J. Balguerie-van Rijswijk Bequest, Amsterdam

bequest 1823

Public domain

**For both the present painting (SK-A-589) and its pendant (SK-A-397)** ? Commissioned by or for the sitters; ? their daughter, Theodora de Visscher (1641-1722), Amsterdam; ? her son, Jan (Jean) Rijswijck (1678-1756), Amsterdam; ? his daughter, Johanna Rijswijck (1723-?), Amsterdam; her daughter, Johanna Balguerie, née Van Rijswijk (1750-1823), Amsterdam; by whom bequeathed to the museum, with 21 other portraits, 1823{NHA, ARM, IS, inv. 11, no. 51 (1 March 1823); NHA, ARM, Kop., inv. 36, pp. 140-41 (30 March 1823); NHA, ARM, IS, inv. 11, nos. 56 (17 April 1823), 57 (18 April 1823); NHA, ARM, Kop., inv. 36, p. 143 (8 May 1823).} Or: ? Commissioned by or for the sitters; ? their daughter, Theodora de Visscher (1641-1722), Amsterdam; ? her son, Theodore (Dirck) Rijswijck (1668-1729), Amsterdam; ? his daughter, Theodora Rijswijck (1695-1752), Amsterdam; ? her husband, Pierre Balguerie (1679-1759), Amsterdam; ? his son, Daniel Balguerie (1732-1788), Amsterdam; his wife, Johanna Balguerie, née Van Rijswijk (1750-1823), Amsterdam; by whom bequeathed to the museum, with 21 other portraits, 1823{NHA, ARM, IS, inv. 11, no. 51 (1 March 1823); NHA, ARM, Kop., inv. 36, pp. 140-41 (30 March 1823); NHA, ARM, IS, inv. 11, nos. 56 (17 April 1823), 57 (18 April 1823); NHA, ARM, Kop., inv. 36, p. 143 (8 May 1823).}

Peter van den Brink, Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, CD-ROM, Zwolle 2009, cat.nr. A134 [Uitgebreidere bibliografie dan in de gelijknamige catalogus].

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20026394