Portrait of Jan Gaspar Gevaerts (1593-1666)

after Anthony van Dyck, c. 1630 - c. 1650

Portret van Jan Caspar Gevaerts, rechtsgeleerde, geschiedschrijver, filosoof en dichter. Ten halven lijve, een boek in de linkerhand.

  • Artwork typepainting, grisaille
  • Object numberSK-A-2319
  • Dimensionssupport: height 25.7 cm x width 20.2 cm, outer size: depth 4.3 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait of Jan Gaspar Gevaerts (1593-1666)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-2319

  • Description

    Portret van Jan Caspar Gevaerts, rechtsgeleerde, geschiedschrijver, filosoof en dichter. Ten halven lijve, een boek in de linkerhand.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, indistinct, on the reverse: ‘[Casperus Gevaerts]’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: after Anthony van Dyck
    • painter: workshop of Anthony van Dyck [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    c. 1630 - c. 1650

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 25.7 cm x width 20.2 cm
    • outer size: depth 4.3 cm (support incl. frame)

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Acquisition

    • purchase 1908
    • purchase 2017-07-20
    • interne vervaardiging 1908
    • interne vervaardiging 2017-07-20

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Warnar Wreesman Borghartzoon (c. 1748-1814, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (P. van der Schley et al.), 11 April 1816, no. 55 (‘Een Wederga van den voorgaanden [the portrait of Rubens, SK-A-2318], steld voor den Advokaat C: Gevartius, in alles als de voorgaande, door _denzelven_ [op. P. h.10, br. 7.1/2 duimen [26.5 x 19.6 cm] door A. van Dyk]’), with SK-A-2318 (no. 54), fl. 275, to the dealer Jeronimo de Vries for Lucretia Johanna van Winter (1785-1845), Amsterdam;{R. Priem, ‘The “Most Excellent Collection” of Lucretia Johanna van Winter: The Years 1809-22, with a Catalogue of the Works Purchased’, _Simiolus_ 25 (1997) pp. 103-235, esp. pp. 174-75, note 208, and p. 199, no. 6; De Vries was bidding against Apostool on behalf of the Rijksmuseum.} her husband Jonkheer Hendrik Six van Hillegom (1790-1847), Amsterdam; their sons Jonkheer Jan Pieter Six van Hillegom (1824-1899) and Jonkheer Pieter Hendrik Six van Vromade (1827-1905); from the latter’s heirs, with 37 other pictures, fl. 751,000, with a contribution from the Rembrandt Society of fl. 200,000, to the Dutch Government, 1907; presented to the museum, with SK-A-2318, 1908; on loan to the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, 1999-2011

Documentation

    • Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1908), p. 9.
    • R. Priem, 'The 'most excellent collection' of Lucretia Johanna van Winter', Simiolus 25 (1997) nr. 2/3, cat.nr. 6, afb.

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