Portrait of Cornelis Tromp (1629-91)

Jan Mijtens (signed by artist), 1668

Jan Mijtens (ca. 1614 - 1670). Portrait of Cornelis Tromp, 1668. The Lieutenant-admiral general, Cornelis Tromp (1629 - 1691), sea hero and son of the even more illustrious sea hero Maerten Harpertsz Tromp, took part in all three Anglo-Dutch Sea Wars fought between 1652 and 1674. The portrait contains various references to his function with the fleet: the Dutch Lion on his chest, the sword at his left side, and the painted ship in the background. The latter attribute is of particular interest, since Tromp had already resigned from the navy, after a conflict with Admiraal Michiel de Ruyter and a missed promotion. This portrait, the work of the Hague painter Jan Mijtens, is an example of the elegant courtly style that was fashionable at the time, under the influence of the Flemish artist Anthonie van Dijck. Purchase 1803.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-284
  • Dimensionssupport: height 134.6 cm x width 102.8 cm, outersize: depth 9 cm (support incl. SK-L-6200)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait of Cornelis Tromp (1629-91)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-284

  • Description

    Portret van Cornelis Tromp, luitenant-admiraal-generaal. Kniestuk, staande voor rotsen. Hij draagt een borstkuras versierd met een leeuw, de rechterhand in de zij. Op de achtergrond een zeeslag. Pendant van SK-A-285.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, lower left (j, A, N and M ligated): ‘Aº: 1668. / jANMijtens F:’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Jan Mijtens (signed by artist)

  • Dating

    1668

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 134.6 cm x width 102.8 cm
    • outersize: depth 9 cm (support incl. SK-L-6200)

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Period

    1650 - 1691


Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1803-05-11

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    **For both the present painting (SK-A-284) and its pendant (SK-A-285)**

    ? Probate inventory, Cornelis Tromp, Amsterdam, 14 April 1692, Huis Trompenburgh, ’s-Graveland, near Hilversum (‘Verdere grote portretten. Een van sijn Excellency graeff Tromp en een van desselfs gemalin samen 300.-’);{W. Martin, ‘Een en ander uit den inventaris der nalatenschap van Cornelis Tromp’, _Oud Holland_ 19 (1901), pp. 65-76, esp. p. 74.} ? his niece, Sara Tromp (1655-1711), Delft;{The portraits are not mentioned in the 1692 inventory of her father, Harpert Maertensz Tromp (1627-1691), which suggests that she inherited them directly from her uncle; SD, inv. no. 18.02 845, ‘Collectie Tromp’, no. 106, _Akte van scheiding en deling van de nalatenschap van Harpert Maartensz. Tromp, gepasseerd voor notaris W. van Ruyven te Delft_, 1692.} ? her son, Gaspar van Kinschot (1676-1759), Delft; ? probate inventory, his widow, Catharina Cornelia van Kinschot (1675-1762), Delft, 1 April 1763 (‘Twee groote Pourtraiten sijnde den Admirael Cornelis Tromp en sijn vrouw Margaretha van Raaphorst met vergulde gesnede lijsten’);{C.P.L. van Kinschot, ‘Genealogie van het geslacht Van Kinschot’, _Genealogische en heraldische bladen_ 10 (1915), pp. 1-250, esp. p. 34.} ? collection of her son, Johan Anthony van Kinschot (1708-1766), Delft and Heemstede, c. 1766 (‘Den heer admiral Corn. Tromp met zijne huisvrouwe door Meytens 1668 f80,-’);{_Catalogus van de schilderijen, behoorende tot den boedel van wijlen den heere Mr Johan Anthony van Kinschot, sijnde deese catalogus gevolgt naar die door den heere Van Kinschot selfs geformeerd_, Delft c. 1766-67.} ? will of his sister, Cornelia van Kinschot (1717-1788), Amsterdam (‘Cornelis Tromp en zijn huijsvrouw in ’t kleijn door Meijtens 1668 zeer fraaij. (De Roo)’ or ‘Den Admiraal Cornelis Tromp en zijn huijsvrouw Margaretha van Raephorst in groote anticque vergulde lijsten. (De Roo)’);{C.P.L. van Kinschot, ‘Genealogie van het geslacht Van Kinschot’, _Genealogische en heraldische bladen_ 10 (1915), pp. 1-250, esp. pp. 186-87. The will states that the portraits were not to be sold.} ? her nephew, Gaspar de Roo (1731-1788), Delft;…; from the dealer P.C. Huybrechts, The Hague, with two other paintings, fl. 2,400, to the museum, 11 May 1803{E.W. Moes and E. van Biema, _De Nationale Konst-Gallery en het Koninklijk Museum_, Amsterdam 1909, pp. 62, 208. The two other works are the portraits of Cornelis Tromp’s father Maerten Harpertsz Tromp and his third wife Cornelia Teding van Berckhout. The former painting, by Michiel van Mierevelt, was not transferred with the collection from The Hague to Amsterdam in 1808; its present whereabouts are unknown. For the latter picture, now regarded as a copy after the same artist, see SK-A-260.}


Documentation

    • Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).
    • Eveline Sint Nicolaas, 'A Diplomatic Gift Full of Surprises : The weapon rack of Cornelis Tromp and other 'exotic' arms belonging to Tromp and Michiel de Ruyter', in: Thom Richardson, East Meets West : Diplomatic Gifts of Arms and Armour between Europe and Asia, proceedings of the Royal Armouries conference held at H.M. Tower of London, Saturday 14 September 2013, p. 96, fig. 6.

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