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

attributed to Jacob Adriaensz Backer, c. 1651

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.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-589
  • Dimensionssupport: height 127 cm x width 98 cm, outersize: depth 8.5 cm (support incl. SK-L-2033)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

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

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-589

  • Description

    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.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • 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
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Creation

  • Creation

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

    c. 1651

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 127 cm x width 98 cm
    • outersize: depth 8.5 cm (support incl. SK-L-2033)

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Period

    1620 - 1667


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    J. Balguerie-van Rijswijk Bequest, Amsterdam

  • Acquisition

    • bequest 2015-08-20
    • bequest 1823
    • interne vervaardiging 2015-08-20
    • interne vervaardiging 1823
  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    **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).}


Documentation

  • 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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