Lot Essay
The sitter was the son of Michael van der Ketten and Anna von Bilevelt.
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Portrait of Theodoor van der Ketten (1596-?), aged 69, commander at Kampen, later merchant in Cologne, half length, wearing black costume, lace collar and black cap, in a painted oval
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Dutch School, 1665
Portrait of Theodoor van der Ketten (1596-?), aged 69, commander at Kampen, later merchant in Cologne, half length, wearing black costume, lace collar and black cap, in a painted oval
with the coat-of-arms of the sitter upper left and dated and inscribed A0 1665/Aetatis.69 (AE linked) upper right; with incription wahrscheinlich/Theodor/v/d Ketten/der Stadt Campen Colonel/Kaufmann zu Köln,/Vater von Everhard v.d.K./*+/-1596/+AE.69.166 and with the inventory number 71 on the reverse
oil on panel
71.8 x 56.3 cm
in a Dutch 17th Century black painted frame
Portrait of Theodoor van der Ketten (1596-?), aged 69, commander at Kampen, later merchant in Cologne, half length, wearing black costume, lace collar and black cap, in a painted oval
with the coat-of-arms of the sitter upper left and dated and inscribed A
oil on panel
71.8 x 56.3 cm
in a Dutch 17th Century black painted frame
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