Hendrik van Velthoven (1728-1770)

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Hendrik van Velthoven (1728-1770)

Portrait of Hendrik Tatum (1677-1734), half length, wearing a dark red silk coat, blue wrap and wig; and Portrait of Elisabeth Tatum, née de Bruin (died 1750), half length, wearing a pink silk dress and blue wrap, with pearl necklace, earrings and a string of pearls in her hair, holding flowers

the second signed and dated: J L: van Velthoven/Repinxit.Ao 1757.
90 x 69.5 cm
a pair (2)

Provenance

Anon. Sale, C. van Doorn Zn., The Hague, 28 March 1892, lot 15 and 16
Anon. Sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 5 November 1901, lot 15
Anon. Sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 28 Nov.- 1 Dec. 1916, lot 117
Anon. Sale, Olthoff, Hilversum, 28 March 1944, lot 170

Literature

E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava, 1892, no. 7864 (male portrait only)

Lot Essay

When comparing the dates of the sitters and those of the artist,
it is clear that both portraits were painted posthumously. This is also indicated by the inscription on the portrait of Elisabeth de Bruin. It has been suggested by the Stichting Iconographisch Bureau, The Hague, that the portrait of Hendrik Tatum is after an original by Arold Boonen.

From 1726 to 1750 the couple lived on the Herengracht 116 in Amsterdam

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