Portraits of a Couple, possibly Pieter Gerritsz Bicker and Anna Codde

• Portraits of a Couple, possibly Pieter Gerritsz Bicker and Anna Codde
• Portrait of a Man, possibly Pieter Gerritsz Bicker (1497-1567)
• Portrait of a Man
• Portrait of a Man, Formerly Identified as Pieter Gerritsz Bicker (1497-1567), Mintmaster and Alderman of Amsterdam

• Portrait of a Man, possibly Pieter Gerritsz Bicker (1497-1567)
• Portrait of a Man, Formerly Identified as Pieter Gerritsz Bicker (1497-1567), Mintmaster and Alderman of Amsterdam

SK-A-3518

• inscription and date, bottom centre, in the book: ‘Betaelt hubrecht boucs [?][…] 7 S // […] jij […] IX maert 1529 […] “ f // [...] sij […] folio 4 […] “ f’
• inscription and date, on the lower sill of the frame: ‘1529. A 34’

A man is working on his accounts, while a woman is seated at a spinning wheel. This pair of portraits was probably painted for the couple’s engagement or wedding. He is portrayed as a prudent merchant, she as a diligent housewife. These are two of the earliest portraits of Dutch citizens.

painter: Maarten van Heemskerck, Haarlem

1529

olieverf op paneel

• height 86.3 cm x width 66.5 cm
• height 101 cm x width 83.5 cm x thickness 5.5 cm

Gift of D. Katz, Dieren and N. Katz, Dieren

gift 1948-05

Public domain

…; ? Alida van Leyden, née Van Ruytenburch (1671-1724);{Martin/Moes 1912, nos. 20-21.} ? her great-granddaughter, Sophia Dina (1778-1835) Baroness van Rhemen, née Van Leyden;{Martin/Moes 1912, nos. 20-21.} ? her daughter, Baroness Adriana Sophia Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, née Van Rhemen (1806-42), Huis de Poll, Voorst, near Zutphen;{Martin/Moes 1912, nos. 20-21.} her son, W.A.A.J. Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1834-89), Huis de Poll, Voorst, as Jan van Scorel;{Martin/Moes 1912, nos. 20-21.} his wife, Jacoba Christina Baroness Schimmelpenninck van der Oye-van Pallandt (1843-1931);{Utrecht 1913, p. 94, no. 95; De Jonge 1932, p. 145.} by descent to Jonkheer Rudolf Everard Willem van Weede (1858-1933), The Hague, widower of Nicoline Adrienne Sophie Baroness Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1865-1921);{Bruyn in Amsterdam 1986, p. 192.} from whom on loan to the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1931-33;{Bruyn in Amsterdam 1986, pp. 192-93.}…; ? the dealer J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam;{Bruyn in Amsterdam 1986, p. 192.} …; purchased from a dealer by an unknown collector, USA, c. 1937;{Hoogewerff IV, 1941-42, pp. 205, 230.} …; from `Mr van Aalst´, probably the heirs of Cornelis Johannes Karel van Aalst (1866-1939), Hoevelaken, fl. 140,000, to the dealer D. Katz, Dieren, 1940;{Muller/Schretlen 2002, p. 72, note 172; HNA, SNK archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 154, note dd. 17 May 1951, p. 3.} the dealer D. Katz, Dieren, 1941;{Note by M.J. Friedländer on photo RKD no. 28050.} from whom purchased by Hans Posse (1879-1942) for Adolf Hitler´s Führermuseum, Linz, 1941;{Muller/Schretlen 2002, p. 72, note 172; MCCP website, file card nos. 4365, 4823; the Linz nos. 1902, 1903 are recorded in black on the reverse of the panels; HNA, SNK archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 154, note dd. 17 May 1951: this document is not clear on the price Posse paid to Katz.} war recuperation, SNK, 9 October 1945;{MCCP website, file card nos. 4365, 4823} restituted to Benjamin and Nathan Katz, Dieren, fl. 35,000, 1947;{Muller/Schretlen 2002, p. 72; HNA, SNK archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 154, list of restituted goods.} by whom donated to the museum, 1948

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.

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