Portrait of Frederik Benjamin van der Capellen, bust-length, in armour with a gold and silver embroidered red cloak

Details

(2) Dutch School, 18th Century
Portrait of Frederik Benjamin van der Capellen, bust-length, in armour with a gold and silver embroidered red cloak
inscribed with the sitter's coat-of-arms (centre right)
oil on canvas
70.6 x 57.9 cm.
together with a portrait of Jonkheer Gerlag van der Capellen (1543-1625), oil on canvas, 64.7 x 55.4 cm.

The first with inscription 'Frederik Benjamin van der Capellen Capiteijn ter Zee en...' (on the reverse); and the second with inscription 'Jonkheer Gerlag van der Capellen Heer... eerste raad van Capellen ...Gelre en Graafschap Zutphen 1576-1616 06:1625' (on the reverse) (2)

Provenance

Archief van der Capellen (according to labels on both reverses).

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Lot Essay

The sitter was Lord of Rijssel and burgomaster of Zutphen. He was married to Johanna Isabella, born Baroness Bentinck tot Bevervoerde-Hoyckinck. Frederik Benjamin van der Capellen is documented in 1794 in the archives as heir to his deceased wife.

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