Portrait of Sir John Burroughs (1587-1627)

Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn, c. 1620 - c. 1623

Portret van Sir John Burroughs (1587-1627), (ook bekend als Sir John Burgh), veldoverste. Staande, ten voeten uit, met een lans in de rechterhand, de linkerhand in de zij, boven de linkerheup een degen. Rechts op een tafel staat de helm.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-2527
  • Dimensionssupport: height 212.7 cm x width 107 cm, outer size: depth 9.5 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Sir John Burroughs (1587-1627) (former title)
    • Portrait of Sir John Burroughs (1587-1627)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-2527

  • Description

    Portret van Sir John Burroughs (1587-1627), (ook bekend als Sir John Burgh), veldoverste. Staande, ten voeten uit, met een lans in de rechterhand, de linkerhand in de zij, boven de linkerheup een degen. Rechts op een tafel staat de helm.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, lower left: ‘S.r John Burroughs / Capt.’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn

  • Dating

    c. 1620 - c. 1623

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 212.7 cm x width 107 cm
    • outer size: depth 9.5 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 2015-05-01
    • purchase 1911-01
    • interne vervaardiging 2015-05-01
    • interne vervaardiging 1911-01

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? Commissioned by or for Sir Horace Vere (1565-1635); first recorded at his home, Kirby Hall, Essex, in 1657;{Dillingham 1657, unpag.} ? his daughter, Mary Vere, the wife of Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham; ? by descent to the 6th Marquess Townshend, Raynham Hall, Norfolk; his sale, London (Christie, Manson & Woods), 5 March 1904 _sqq._, no. 47, as Dutch School, £ 94 10s;…; sale, Vincent J. Robinson (†), Parnham, Bearminster, Dorset, sold on the premises (Nicholas & Hampton), 2 August 1910 _sqq_., no. 1458, as Dutch School, £ 70;…; from the dealer Frederik Muller, fl. 7,000, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, January 1911

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