Jan Albertsz. Rootius (Medemblik 1615-1674 Hoorn)

Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with lace-edged collar and cuffs, a black cap, a jewelled pendant brooch, holding a time-piece in her right hand, by a draped table

Details

Jan Albertsz. Rootius (Medemblik 1615-1674 Hoorn)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with lace-edged collar and cuffs, a black cap, a jewelled pendant brooch, holding a time-piece in her right hand, by a draped table
inscribed and dated 'AEtatis.suae.32.1653.' and indistinctly signed '...fec.' (upper right)
oil on canvas
45½ x 35 1/8 in. (115.5 x 89.2 cm.)

Provenance

R. Prioleau Roupell.
Acquired from Leggatt Brothers, London, in 1931, by Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray.

Literature

C. Anson, A Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of The Viscount Cowdray, London, 1971, p. 1, no. 3, plate 16 (in the Vestibule).

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Lot Essay

Born in Medemblik in 1615 or 1624 Jan Abertisz. Rootius arrived in Amsterdam, where he became one of the pupils of Peter Lastman, who had been a teacher to Jan Lievens and Rembrandt. Rootius acquired a considerable reputation as a painter of portraits and still-lifes in his home town. His paintings today can be seen at the West-Fries Museum in Hoorn and in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

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