Lot Essay
The sitter was the daughter of Maerten Ruychaver and Alied van der Laen. Born in Hoorn, she married Hans van Loon on 17 May 1597 in Haarlem. In 1623 the couple were depicted by Cornelis van der Voort (1576-1624) in two separate portraits, both three-quarter length and seated (formerly in the Van Loon-Egidius collection, Amsterdam, and now in the Museum van Loon, Amsterdam).
The present picture follows the composition of Anna's portrait by Van der Voort, but the sitter is here depicted bust-length and her coat-of-arms is no longer shown. The picture, together with its pendant, also belonged to the Van Loon-Egidius collection. The artist must have been familiar with the two portraits of Cornelis van der Voort, considering the similarities between both pairs.
The whereabouts of the pendant to the present picture are unknown.
The present picture follows the composition of Anna's portrait by Van der Voort, but the sitter is here depicted bust-length and her coat-of-arms is no longer shown. The picture, together with its pendant, also belonged to the Van Loon-Egidius collection. The artist must have been familiar with the two portraits of Cornelis van der Voort, considering the similarities between both pairs.
The whereabouts of the pendant to the present picture are unknown.