Portrait of Jacob Cats (1577-1660)

Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist), 1634

Portret van Jacob Cats, pensionaris van Dordrecht en dichter. Buste, naar rechts.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-258
  • Dimensionssupport: height 68 cm x width 58 cm, outer size: depth 6 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Jacob Cats (1577-1660)
    • Portrait of Jacob Cats, Pensionary of Dordrecht and Poet (former title)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-258

  • Description

    Portret van Jacob Cats, pensionaris van Dordrecht en dichter. Buste, naar rechts.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, centre left: ‘Ætatis, 56. / A.º 1634. / M. Miereveld’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist)

  • Dating

    1634

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 68 cm x width 58 cm
    • outer size: depth 6 cm (support incl. frame)

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1625 - 1660

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    • purchase 1804-03-20
    • purchase 2016-03-11
    • interne vervaardiging 1804-03-20
    • interne vervaardiging 2016-03-11

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; acquired by the museum by April 1804;{First mentioned in the museum in the inventory of April 1804 drawn up by J.G. Waldorp, no. 19; see Moes/Van Biema 1909, pp. 68, 162.} on loan to the Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, since 1978

Documentation

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

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