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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN FAMILY
JACOB JORDAENS (ANTWERP 1593-1678)
Portrait of the artist, bust-length, in a cap
Details
JACOB JORDAENS (ANTWERP 1593-1678)
Portrait of the artist, bust-length, in a cap
oil on canvas
22 1⁄8 x 18 3⁄8 in. (56.2 x 46.7 cm.)
Portrait of the artist, bust-length, in a cap
oil on canvas
22 1⁄8 x 18 3⁄8 in. (56.2 x 46.7 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Painted for the artist, with a pendant portrait of his wife Catharina van Noort, and kept in his personal collection until his death in 1678.
Gerard Cópius, The Hague; his sale, Doorschot, The Hague, 21 March 1786, lot 11, where acquired by the following,
Confrerie Pictura, The Hague, by whom sold with the rest of the association's possessions during the French occupation.
Bernardus Jeronimozn. de Bosch II (1742-1816), Amsterdam, 1817 (according to Antwerp exhibition catalogue, 1993).
Guillaume Thierry Arnaud-Marie, Baron de Brienen de Groote Lindt (1814-1863), Amsterdam (according to Antwerp exhibition catalogue, 1993).
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, by 1949.
Walter P. Chrysler Jr., Virginia (1909-1988).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 December 1961, lot 177.
with Fred Wengraf, London, until June 1962.
Anonymous sale; Weinmüller, Munich, 21-24 June 1963, lot 1148, where acquired by the father of the present owners.
Gerard Cópius, The Hague; his sale, Doorschot, The Hague, 21 March 1786, lot 11, where acquired by the following,
Confrerie Pictura, The Hague, by whom sold with the rest of the association's possessions during the French occupation.
Bernardus Jeronimozn. de Bosch II (1742-1816), Amsterdam, 1817 (according to Antwerp exhibition catalogue, 1993).
Guillaume Thierry Arnaud-Marie, Baron de Brienen de Groote Lindt (1814-1863), Amsterdam (according to Antwerp exhibition catalogue, 1993).
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, by 1949.
Walter P. Chrysler Jr., Virginia (1909-1988).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 December 1961, lot 177.
with Fred Wengraf, London, until June 1962.
Anonymous sale; Weinmüller, Munich, 21-24 June 1963, lot 1148, where acquired by the father of the present owners.
Literature
A. Bredius, 'De boeken der Haagsche 'Schilders Confrerye', Archief Nederlandsche kunstgeschiedenis (Obreens Archief), IV, Rotterdam, 1881-2, p. 213, nos. 30 and 31, 'Het portrait van J. Jordaens en dat van desselfs huysvrouw; gekogt op de genoemde verkooping, zijnde aldaar No. 11 en 12' ('The portrait of J. Jordaens and that of his wife; bought at the aforementioned auction [Copius sale, op. cit.], being nos. 11 and 12').
P. Buschmann, Jacques Jordaens et son oeuvre, Brussels, 1905, p. 90.
M. Rooses, Jacob Jordaens: his life and work, London, 1908, p. 112, no. 1.
A.R. Peltzer, Joachim von Sandrarts Academic der Bau- und Mahlerey Kunste von 1675, Munich, 1925, p. 340.
L. van Puyvelde, Jordaens, Brussels and Paris, 1953, p. 25, fig. 1.
H. van Hall, Portretten van Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars, Amsterdam, 1963, p. 160, no. 1067 (2-3).
M. Jaffé, Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678, exhibition catalogue, Ottawa, 1968-69, p. 182, under no. 189.
G. Eckardt, Selbstbildnisse niederländischer Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1971, pp. 73 and 193, pl. 69.
R.-A. d'Hulst, Jordaens Drawings, I, London and New York, 1974, p. 251, under no. A159.
R.-A. d'Hulst, Jacob Jordaens, New York, 1982, pp. 286-7, 290 and 315, fig. 246.
A.W. Lowenthal, D. Rosand and J. Walsh, eds., Rubens and his Circle: Studies by Julius S. Held, Princeton, 1982, p. 23, no. 18.
H.-J. Raupp, Untersuchungen zu Künstlerbildnis und Künstlerdarstellung in den Niederlanden im 17. Jahrhundert, Hildesheim, 1984, p. 126.
J.W. Salomonson, 'A self-portrait by Michiel van Mierevelt: the history, subject and context of a forgotten painting', Simiolus, XX, no. 4, 1990-1991, pp. 240, 241 and 243, fig. 3.
N. de Poorter and R.-A. d'Hulst, Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), exhibition catalogue, Antwerp, 1993, I, pp. 188 and 189, no. A58, illustrated; II, p. 72, under no. B45, fig. B45a.
J. Lange, B. Ulrike Műnch, Reframing Jordaens: Pictor doctus, Techniques, Workshop practice, Petersberg, 2018, pp. 21-25, fig. 4.
P. Buschmann, Jacques Jordaens et son oeuvre, Brussels, 1905, p. 90.
M. Rooses, Jacob Jordaens: his life and work, London, 1908, p. 112, no. 1.
A.R. Peltzer, Joachim von Sandrarts Academic der Bau- und Mahlerey Kunste von 1675, Munich, 1925, p. 340.
L. van Puyvelde, Jordaens, Brussels and Paris, 1953, p. 25, fig. 1.
H. van Hall, Portretten van Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars, Amsterdam, 1963, p. 160, no. 1067 (2-3).
M. Jaffé, Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678, exhibition catalogue, Ottawa, 1968-69, p. 182, under no. 189.
G. Eckardt, Selbstbildnisse niederländischer Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1971, pp. 73 and 193, pl. 69.
R.-A. d'Hulst, Jordaens Drawings, I, London and New York, 1974, p. 251, under no. A159.
R.-A. d'Hulst, Jacob Jordaens, New York, 1982, pp. 286-7, 290 and 315, fig. 246.
A.W. Lowenthal, D. Rosand and J. Walsh, eds., Rubens and his Circle: Studies by Julius S. Held, Princeton, 1982, p. 23, no. 18.
H.-J. Raupp, Untersuchungen zu Künstlerbildnis und Künstlerdarstellung in den Niederlanden im 17. Jahrhundert, Hildesheim, 1984, p. 126.
J.W. Salomonson, 'A self-portrait by Michiel van Mierevelt: the history, subject and context of a forgotten painting', Simiolus, XX, no. 4, 1990-1991, pp. 240, 241 and 243, fig. 3.
N. de Poorter and R.-A. d'Hulst, Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), exhibition catalogue, Antwerp, 1993, I, pp. 188 and 189, no. A58, illustrated; II, p. 72, under no. B45, fig. B45a.
J. Lange, B. Ulrike Műnch, Reframing Jordaens: Pictor doctus, Techniques, Workshop practice, Petersberg, 2018, pp. 21-25, fig. 4.
Exhibited
Miami, University of Miami Art Gallery, February-March 1961.
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Le Siècle de Rubens, 15 October-12 December 1965, no. 129.
Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678): Paintings and Tapestries, 27 March-27 June 1993, no. A. 58.
Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, 2015-2025, long-term loan.
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Le Siècle de Rubens, 15 October-12 December 1965, no. 129.
Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678): Paintings and Tapestries, 27 March-27 June 1993, no. A. 58.
Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, 2015-2025, long-term loan.
Engraved
R. Collin for J. von Sandrart, Teutsche Academie, 1679.
Brought to you by
Maja Markovic
Director, Head of Evening Sale