Portrait of Adam van Westerwolt (1580-1639)

anonymous, 1636

Adam van Westerwolt, by M.J. van Miereveld, 1636. After a succession of posts in the VOC, Adam van Westerwolt (1580-1639) was appointed to the East Indies Council, an important position within the VOC in Asia. In 1637 he was sent as admiral of a VOC-fleet to blockade Portuguese trade in the Indian city of Goa. Van Westerwolt commissioned this portrait shortly before leaving for Asia. On the table is an astrolabe, a navigational instrument.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-2665
  • Dimensionssupport: height 106 cm x width 75.5 cm x thickness 1.4 cm (incl. backboard), outer size: depth 10 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Adam Westerwolt, Extra-ordinary Councilor of the Dutch East India Company (former title)
    • Portrait of Adam van Westerwolt (1580-1639)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-2665

  • Description

    Portret van Adam van Westerwolt, Raad Extra Ordinaris van Indië en enkele malen commandant van een eskader. Kniestuk, staand bij een tafeltje waarop een boek en een astrolabium liggen. De handschoenen in de linkerhand.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, upper right: ‘Adam van Westerwoldt, Raad van Nederlandsch Indien Anº 1638 admiraal van Holland en Zeeland.’
    • inscription and date, left: ‘Ætatis 56/Ano 1636’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: anonymous
    • painter: workshop of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt [rejected attribution]
    • painter: copy after Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    1636

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 106 cm x width 75.5 cm x thickness 1.4 cm (incl. backboard)
    • outer size: depth 10 cm (support incl. frame)

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1625 - 1639

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    • purchase 2017-05-18
    • purchase 1913-05
    • interne vervaardiging 2017-05-18
    • interne vervaardiging 1913-05

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? Commissioned by or for the sitter; ? his daughter, Agatha van Westerwolt (1634-1722), Woudrichem; ? her granddaughter, Anna Maria Emilia van Schagen (1694-1790), ’s-Hertogenbosch; her estate inventory, 4 October 1790, ’s-Hertogenbosch (‘den zeeofficier Winteroy’);{See Wolleswinkel 2002, col. 297.} her son, Antoni Martini (1728-1800); by descent to Paulus Hubert Andries Martini Buys (1835-1915), Loenersloot; from whom, fl. 800, to the museum, May 1913

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