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Portrait of a Member of the Van der Mersch Family
This portrait invites us to enter the room and enjoy art and music with this gentleman. Typical of the 18th century is the lack of distance between sitter and viewer: the likeness is not intimidating. We stand face to face with a cheerful young man, member of a wealthy Mennonite family from Amsterdam. The visit has caught him unawares: on his shoulder are traces of powder spilled while he powdered…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25A13
- http://iconclass.org/48C7312
- http://iconclass.org/48C524
- http://iconclass.org/46A122
- http://iconclass.org/48C742
- Mersch, Johannes van der
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25A13
- http://iconclass.org/48C7312
- http://iconclass.org/48C524
- http://iconclass.org/46A122
- http://iconclass.org/48C742
- Mersch, Johannes van der
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1736
- 1736
Place-Time
- second quarter 18th century
Provenance
- …; collection Mrs G.P. Hunt, Manor House, Almeley, Herefordshire;{Note RMA.}…; collection Mrs H.L. Talbot;{Note RMA.} her daughter, Diana L. Talbot, ca. 1935/40;{Note RMA; Niemeijer 1973, p. 180, no. 63S.} sale, The Earl of Ancaster et al. [section Diana L. Talbot], Londen (Sotheby's), 26 November 1958, no. 39, £ 2,050, to the dealer Speelman, London;{Copy RKD.} from whom, £ 2,500, to the museum, 1958
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.10058
- SK-A-3948
Extent
- height 72 cm
- width 57 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1736
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:00.387Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:58.457Z