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Portrait of Constantijn Huygens
Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687) was secretary to Stadtholder Frederick Henry and a notable connoisseur. In his autobiography, he described how this painting was executed. Lievens painted the portrait in two stages, first the clothing and the hands, and then the face. This explains why the scale is a bit off: the head is too small in relation to the body.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61B2
- Huygens, Constantijn (I)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the Musée de la Chartreuse
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61B2
- Huygens, Constantijn (I)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the Musée de la Chartreuse
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
- c.1628 - c.1629
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Provenance
- ...; purchased from Galerie Favart, Paris by Dr Enée Aimé Escallier (1794-1857), Douai, c. 1836;{Foucart in Paris 1970, p. 130.} by whom bequeathed to the Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai, as Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1857;{Coll. cat. Douai 1869, pp. 83-84, no. 182.} on loan from the Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai, to the museum since 1962
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8901
- SK-C-1467
Extent
- height 99 cm
- width 84 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:40.439Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:21.178Z