Portrait of Maria van Strijp

Johannes Verspronck (signed by artist), 1652

Maria van Strijp was a member of a wealthy Haarlem family active in the flourishing textile trade. Her jewellery and black dress sumptuously trimmed with lace are far more valuable than this painting of her. The decision to commission Verspronck for her portrait was easily made: he was the specialist in capturing luxurious fabrics and jewels.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-5000
Dimensionssupport: height 98 cm x width 76 cm, outer size: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. SK-L-3165)
Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

Title(s)
- Portrait of Maria van Strijp (1627-1707)
- Portrait of Maria van Strijp
Object type
Object number
SK-A-5000
Description
Maria van Strijp (1627-1707) kwam uit een rijke Haarlemse familie die actief was in de bloeiende textielhandel. De sieraden en de zwarte jurk met veel kant die ze draagt zijn veel kostbaarder dan het schilderij waar ze op staat. De keus om Verspronck haar portret te laten schilderen was snel gemaakt: hij was dé specialist in het weergeven van dure stoffen en juwelen. Pendant van het portret van haar echtgenoot Eduard Wallis (1621-1684, SK-A-4999).
Inscriptions / marks
signature and date, lower right, on the back of the chair (‘ver’ ligated): ‘Joh. C verSpronck f anº 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
- outer size: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. SK-L-3165)

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Person
Subject

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Transfer to the state in lieu of inheritance tax
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
**For both the present painting (SK-A-5000) and its pendant (SK-A-4999)**
? 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.
- Rudi Ekkart, 'Betaling van successierechten met kunstwerken', Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt 19 (2009) nr. 2, p. 8-10.
- R.E.O. Ekkart, Johannes Verspronck, een Haarlemse portretschilder uit de zeventiende eeuw, in: Antiek XIV (1979), p. 111, afb. 6.
- 'Vier portretten door Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck', in: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jaarverslag 2007, Amsterdam 2008, p. 54-58.
- 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.

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