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Portrait of Jan Valckenburgh
Jan Valckenburgh, portrayed in full regalia wearing armour and holding a commander’s baton, was twice director-general of Elmina on the African Gold Coast. His black houseboy wears a gold medal with a view of Fort Elmina, which is also depicted in the background. Valckenburgh received the medal from the Dutch West India Company for services rendered. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Netherlands…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61B2
- http://iconclass.org/25I5
- http://iconclass.org/46A18
- Elmina
- Elmina
- West-Indische Compagnie
- Valckenburgh, Jan
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds, the Frans Mortelmans Stichting, the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting and the K.F. Hein Fonds
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61B2
- http://iconclass.org/25I5
- http://iconclass.org/46A18
- Elmina
- Elmina
- West-Indische Compagnie
- Valckenburgh, Jan
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds, the Frans Mortelmans Stichting, the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting and the K.F. Hein Fonds
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
- 1660
- 1660
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Places
- Amsterdam
- Amsterdam
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.41
Provenance
- …; sale, Dr H.B. VerLoren van Themaat et al., Amsterdam (Mak), 1 December 1925 sqq., no. 95, fl. 135, to Diederik Arnold Mauritz Scholten (1874-1948), The Hague, and Cornelia Johanna Scholten - De Bas (1884-1949);{Copy RKD; note RMA.}….; Danish private collection;{Note RMA.}…; anonymous sale [section 'property of a Gentleman'], London (Christie's), 10 july 1998, no. 31, £ 84,000;{Copy RKD.}…; from the dealer Johnny van Haeften, London, £ 160,000, to the museum, with support from the Mondriaan stichting, Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds, De Frans Mortelmans stichting, M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bijlandt Stichting and Stichting K.F. Hein Fonds, 2001
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.363285
- SK-A-4969
Extent
- length 128.3 cm
- width 102.0 cm
Format
- oil paint (paint)
- canvas
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1660
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:47.719Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:13.141Z