Portrait of François van Aerssen (1572-1641), Lord of Sommelsdijk, De Plaat and Spijk

Portrait of François van Aerssen (1572-1641), Lord of Sommelsdijk, De Plaat and Spijk

SK-A-3833

Portret van François van Aerssen, heer van Sommelsdijk, de Plaat en Spijk. Diplomaat in dienst van de Verenigde Nederlanden. Kniestuk, staand, naar rechts. Rechtsboven het familiewapen.

• coat of arms, top right: quartered, 1 and 4, a saltire chequered black and silver over a horizontal blackbar on a gold field; 2 and 3, three black martlets on a gold field. The coat is set in a chain with a medal hanging from it.
• inscription, upper right: ‘Franc. van Aerssen, Heer van Sommelsdijk / en van de Ordre / der Ridderschap van Holland. Overleden 1641’
• signature, date and inscription, upper left: ‘Ætatis 64. / Aº 1636 / M. Miereveld’

painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist)

1636

oil on panel

support: height 112.2 cm x width 86 cm

1572 - 1641

purchase 1951

Public domain

…; sale, M.P.-M.D. et al., Paris (Galerie Charpentier), 7 December 1951, no. 33, fr. 242,400, to the museum; on loan to the Dutch embassy, Paris, since 1958

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.

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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