Portrait of Volckera Claesdr Knobbert (1554-1634)

Portrait of Volckera Claesdr Knobbert (1554-1634)

SK-A-909

Portret van Volckera Claesdr Knobbert, echtgenote van Paulus van Beresteyn. Buste naar links. Op de achterzijde de familiewapens, een inscriptie en het cijfer 25. Pendant van SK-A-908.

• coat of arms, on the reverse, centre: on a gold field a boar of a natural colour (brown) seated on a blue stone with its forelegs raised
• inscription, on the reverse: ‘Volkera Nicolai Knobber Huis Vrouw van P. v. Berestein. Geb.r 1554. Gest.r 1634. / 25’
• coat of arms, on the reverse, top right: four red chevrons with a black label on a gold field
• coat of arms, on the reverse, bottom right: a silver lion rampant with red claws and tongue on a blue field
• coat of arms, on the reverse, top left: idem
• inscription and date, centre right: ‘Ætatis 63 / Anno 1617’
• coat of arms, on the reverse, bottom left: a plain white field

painter: workshop of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt

1617

oil on panel

• support: height 62.2 cm x width 50 cm
• outer size: depth 6.8 cm (support incl. frame)

Jonkheer J. de Witte van Citters Bequest, The Hague

• bequest 1876
• interne vervaardiging 1876

Public domain

**For both the present painting (SK-A-909) and its pendant (SK-A-908)**

? Commissioned by or for the sitters; by descent from their daughter, Caecilia van Beresteyn (1589-1661), through the families Briell, De Jonge van Ellemeet, Van Citters to Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters (1817-76), The Hague; or ? from the sitters daughter, Caecilia van Beresteyn (1589-1661) through the families De Witte, Ockerse, Van Gelre, De Witte van Elkerzee to Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters (1817-76), The Hague; first recorded in the collection of the De Witte van Citters family, in the library of Kasteel Popkensburg, in the early 19th century;{RAU, PA 26, Des Tombe archive, no. 843, ‘Getekende plattegrond van ruimte waarin familieportretten hangen’, nos. 24, 25.} bequeathed to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague (inv. nos. 3237, 3238), by Jonkheer Jacob de Witte van Citters, 1876; transferred to the museum, 1885

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20028335