Portret van Gerrit Valerius Meyners

Jan Brandes, 1770 - 1787

Portret van Gerrit Valerius Meyners. In profiel naar links, in ovaal. Borststuk. Met opschrift.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberNG-1985-7-3-24
  • Dimensionsheight 195 mm x width 130 mm
  • Physical characteristicspenseel in grijs over schets in potlood

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portret van Gerrit Valerius Meyners

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-1985-7-3-24

  • Description

    Portret van Gerrit Valerius Meyners. In profiel naar links, in ovaal. Borststuk. Met opschrift.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘geriit valerius meyners van Zeeland hollander’


Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Jan Brandes

  • Dating

    1770 - 1787

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    penseel in grijs over schets in potlood

  • Dimensions

    height 195 mm x width 130 mm


This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Period

    1770 - 1787


Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1985-05-02

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    ? Collection of the artist; his daughters, Johanna Maria Brandes (1792-1813) and Charlotta Constantia Brandes (1796-1870), Skälsebo;{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} by descent to Erik Kellberg (1883-1960);{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} ? to Brite-Louise Mangs-Kellberg;{File RMA.}…; anonymous sale, London (Sotheby’s), 2 May 1985 sqq., no. 216, £ 50,000, with xx other drawings, to the dealer W. Graham Arader III, New York, for the Rijksmuseum, in exchange for eighteen drawings that were part of this lot, 1985

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.


Documentation

  • Zie de familiegeschiedenis in het album van Jan Brandes (1808), dl. 2, p. 228 en 230.


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