Silhouetportret Jan Brandes junior

Silhouetportret Jan Brandes junior

NG-1985-7-3-34

inscription: ‘Jan Brandes de Jonge / oud 4 Jaar den 22 Juny 1783.’

Portret in silhouet van Jantje Brandes, de zoon van de tekenaar op 4-jarige leeftijd. Op de achterkant probeersels van het profiel van Jantje en een pentekening van Jantjes gezicht van opzij. Met opschrift.

Zie de familiegeschiedenis in het album van Jan Brandes (1808), dl. 2, p. 228 en 230.

draughtsman: Jan Brandes, Batavia

1783-06-22

penseel in zwart over schets in potlood

height 414 mm x width 330 mm

purchase 1985-05-02

Public domain

? Collection of the artist; his daughters, Johanna Maria Brandes (1792-1813) and Charlotta Constantia Brandes (1796-1870), Skälsebo;{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} by descent to Erik Kellberg (1883-1960);{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} ? to Brite-Louise Mangs-Kellberg;{File RMA.}…; anonymous sale, London (Sotheby’s), 2 May 1985 sqq., no. 216, £ 50,000, with xx other drawings, to the dealer W. Graham Arader III, New York, for the Rijksmuseum, in exchange for eighteen drawings that were part of this lot, 1985

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.

Zie de familiegeschiedenis in het album van Jan Brandes (1808), dl. 2, p. 228 en 230.

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