Lot Essay
The sitter was councillor at the Court of Justice of Utrecht. He was the son of Sebastiaen de Wijs (1535-1608) and Aeltje Dircks van Santen (+1618) (see De Nederlandsche Leeuw, LXXXVII (1970) pp.172-173).
Portrait of Jacob de Wijs (circa 1569-1651), half length, wearing dark costume with lace collar and bonnet, a toothpick on a chain around his neck, in a feigned oval stone window, the corners decorated with scrolls
Details
School of Utrecht, 17th century
Portrait of Jacob de Wijs (circa 1569-1651), half length, wearing dark costume with lace collar and bonnet, a toothpick on a chain around his neck, in a feigned oval stone window, the corners decorated with scrolls
with remnants of a signature, dated and inscribed (strengthened) AETATIS.69/f.1630 (AE linked) lower left and inscribed upper left with the coat of arms of the sitter
oil on panel
73.6 x 60.8 cm
in a 17th century ebonized wooden frame with gilt side edge
Portrait of Jacob de Wijs (circa 1569-1651), half length, wearing dark costume with lace collar and bonnet, a toothpick on a chain around his neck, in a feigned oval stone window, the corners decorated with scrolls
with remnants of a signature, dated and inscribed (strengthened) AETATIS.69/f.1630 (AE linked) lower left and inscribed upper left with the coat of arms of the sitter
oil on panel
73.6 x 60.8 cm
in a 17th century ebonized wooden frame with gilt side edge
Provenance
Jhr. Mr. A.T.J. Schade van Westrum, Bois-le-Duc, 1905
J.R.W. Sinninghe, Santpoort, 1948
J.R.W. Sinninghe, Santpoort, 1948
Literature
E.B.F.F. Wittert van Hoogland, Het Geslacht Wittert, 1914, Vol.I, p.416, with ill., as erroneously identified as Jan de Wijs
E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava, II, 1905, p.657, n.9356
E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava, II, 1905, p.657, n.9356