Portrait of Marietje van Houten

Portrait of Marietje van Houten

RP-T-1959-315

The intimate nature of this portrait of Van Houten’s half-sister Marietje is characteristic of the artist’s work. The painter from The Hague was part of an important artistic network, in which her brother-in-law, Hendrik Willem Mesdag and his wife Sientje van Houten, played a pivotal role. Barbara and Sientje van Houten were not allowed to attend an art academy, and so availed themselves of their own circle for their artistic education.

draughtsman: Barbara Elisabeth van Houten

1872 - 1950

potlood, penseel in kleuren in waterverf

height 284 mm x width 191 mm

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

purchase 1959

Public domain

? Collection of the artist; ? by descent to Mrs M.A. van Houten, Zeist [? her half sister, Maria Anne van Houten (1886-?)]; from whom, fl. 15, to the museum, with support from the F.G. Waller fonds, 1959

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