Silhouetportret van Jan Brandes

Silhouetportret van Jan Brandes

NG-1985-7-3-35

Zelfportret in silhouet van Jan Brandes, op zijn 41ste verjaardag op 11 augustus 1783. Met opschrift.

inscription: ‘Jan Brandes de Oude oud 40 jaar den 11 aug: 1783 gemaakt door hem zelf in batavia’

draftsman (artist): Jan Brandes, Batavia

1783-08-11

penseel in zwart over schets in potlood

height 414 mm x width 330 mm

1779 - 1785

purchase 1985-05-02

Public domain

? 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

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.

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