Portrait of Eduard Wallis

Johannes Verspronck (signed by artist), 1652

The Haarlem textile merchant Eduard Wallis presents himself with one arm akimbo, a fashionable pose that was the epitome of self-assurance. Here he wears his own merchandise, very costly black-dyed cloth, the high-quality woollen fabric of the time. Wallis was married to Maria van Strijp, who also hailed from a well-to-do textile family. With their union, they consolidated their standing in the Haarlem cloth trade.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4999
  • Dimensionssupport: height 98 cm x width 76 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Eduard Wallis
    • Portrait of Eduard Wallis (1621-1684)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4999

  • Description

    De Haarlemse textielkoopman Eduard Wallis (1621-1684) presenteert zich met zijn hand in zijn zij. Deze modieuze pose was het toppunt van zelfverzekerdheid. Hij draagt hier zijn handelswaar, het zeer kostbare zwartgeverfde laken, dé wollen kwaliteitsstof van die tijd. Wallis was getrouwd met Maria van Strijp. Ook zij kwam uit een welgestelde textielfamilie. Met het huwelijk versterkten zij hun positie in de Haarlemse lakenhandel. Pendant van het portret van zijn echtgenote Maria van Strijp (1627-1707, SK-A-5000).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, lower left, on the back of the chair (‘ver’ ligated): ‘Joh C. verSpronck f an° 1652’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Johannes Verspronck (signed by artist)

  • Dating

    1652

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    support: height 98 cm x width 76 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Fonds Cleyndert, the Stortenbeker Fonds of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2008-03-03

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    **For both the present painting (SK-A-4999) and its pendant (SK-A-5000)**
    ? Commissioned by or for the sitters; probate inventory, Maria van Strijp (1627-1707), widow of Eduard Wallis, Haarlem, 17 April 1707 (‘Twee portretten van Eduard Wallis en Maria van Strijp’);{P. Biesboer, _Collections of Paintings in Haarlem 1572-1745: Documents for the History of Collecting: Netherlandish Inventories I_, Los Angeles 2001, p. 324, no. 10.} by descent to Jonkvrouw Anna Hubertina van Reenen, née Van Reenen (1892-1974), Nijmegen and Laren; from whom on loan to the museum, as portraits of an unknown couple, 1952-2008 (inv. nos. SK-C-1414, SK-C-1415); her daughter, Jonkvrouw Dorothea Storm de Grave, née Van Reenen (1916-2006), Huis ter Heide, 1974; purchased from her estate, in settlement of inheritance tax, by the museum, with the support of the BankGiro Loterij, the Cleyndert Fonds and the Stortenbeker Fonds of the Rembrandt Association, and the Rijksmuseum Fonds, 3 March 2008

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

    • Saul van Stapele, 'De specialist : de schilderijenrestaurator', Oog 3 (2009) nr. 4, p. 54-56.
    • R.E.O. Ekkart, Johannes Verspronck, een Haarlemse portretschilder uit de zeventiende eeuw, in: Antiek XIV (1979), p. 111, afb. 5.
    • Rudi Ekkart, 'Betaling van successierechten met kunstwerken', Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt 19 (2009) nr. 2, p. 8-10.
    • Taco Dibbits, 'Portretten van Adriana Croes, Eduard Wallis, Maria van Strijp en Dirck, Jacobus of Johannes Wallis', Bulletin van de Vereniging brandt 18 (2008), nr. 2, p. 22-25.
    • 'Vier portretten door Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck', in: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jaarverslag 2007, Amsterdam 2008, p. 54-58.

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