Dutch School, 17th Century

Portrait of Paulus van Heemskerck (1560-1637), aged 38, half length, wearing black costume, lace collar and holding gloves

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Dutch School, 17th Century
Portrait of Paulus van Heemskerck (1560-1637), aged 38, half length, wearing black costume, lace collar and holding gloves
with inscription and the date AEtatis 38./Anno.1598. upper right, and with the coat-of-arms of the van Heemskerck family upper left; with inscription Pauwels van Heems-/kerck,* 1560,+1637/Capt. van een Comp./Burgers te Amsterdam/oo 1584 Anna Cant/vader van Reijnier on the reverse of the relined canvas
oil on canvas
78.3 x 66.5 cm

Lot Essay

The present lot is probably a copy after a lost prototype of 1598. The sitter was the grandfather of Pieter van Heemskerck, for whose portrait see lot 44 and lot 49. He was captain of the militia in Amsterdam.

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