Portrait of Hadriaan Beverland with a Prostitute

• Portrait of Hadriaan Beverland with a Prostitute
• Hadriaan Beverland, Writer of Theological Works and Satirist, with a Prostitute

SK-A-3237

inscription: ‘Beverlandus de Prostibulis Veterum’

This striking panel painting shows the eccentric Beverland with a wine glass and a pipe. Sitting next to him is a prostitute. This portrayal was a deliberate provocation. Done in various shades of brown (the so-called brunaille technique), the painting is a preparatory study for the frontispiece of Beverland’s planned edition of erotic texts, De prostibulis veterum (On the brothels of the ancients). Even though it never appeared in print, this ‘book’ lies open on the table!

painter: attributed to Ary de Vois

c. 1676

olieverf op paneel

• depth 4.8 cm
• height 35.2 cm x width 27.6 cm x thickness 2.3 cm

F.G. Waller Bequest, Amsterdam

bequest 1935-01

Public domain

…; bequeathed by François Gérard Waller (1867-1934), Amsterdam, with xx other objects, to the museum, 1935

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.

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