Object number1939.7
Portrait of a Young Man of the Van Heemstra Family
Date1641
attributed to
Harmen Willems Wieringa
(Dutch, active 1632 - 1650)
CultureDutch
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsUnframed: 20 1/8 x 13 1/4 in. (51.12 x 33.66 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Trent McMath (Constance Haass, class of 1932)
On View
Not on viewPeriod17th c
Classification(s)
SignedNot signed; Inscribed (UR): Etatis 18,1641.
InscribedInscribed (UR): Etatis 18,1641.
MarkingsFrame: paper adhesive, serrated edged round sticker; Panel: auction sticker, Terry McNath, various chalk marks two wax seals though different, one has Latin lettering
BibliographyArt News, January 21, 1939, p. 23, repr. (as de Geest);
Vassar College Art Gallery Catalogue (Poughkeepsie: Vassar College Art Gallery, 1939), p. 23, repr. pl. 39 (as de Geest);
VC Art Gallery: Selections from the Permanent Collection (Poughkeepsie: VC Art Gallery, 1967), p. 18 (as Willemsz);
VC Art Gallery: Paintings 1300-1900 (Poughkeepsie: VC Art Gallery, 1983), p. 116, repr. (as Willems).
ProvenanceDe Keller-Quackenbush Sale, January 21, 1939, no. 45. Given March, 1939 to VC Art Gallery by Mrs. Trent McNath (Constance Haass, VC ‘32).Exhibition HistoryIndianapolis, John Heron Art Museum, “The Young Rembrandt and his Times,” February 9-March 23, 1958. Cat. no. 66. (San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery April 11-May 18, 1958).
New Paltz, Art Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, “Portraits and Self-Portraits,” October 8-23, 1970.
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Justus van Egmont
c. 1643
Culture: Flemish, French
