- 42
Dutch School, 1588(?)
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Description
- a portrait of cornelis musius(1500-1572), bust length, wearing a black coat with a fur trim and a white collar
- dated or bears date upper left: Ao1588 , inscribed upper right with the name and age of the sitter: CORNELIUS/MVSIVS/DELPHUS/ AETATIS/70/A 1570
oil on panel
- 20 x 16,5 cm.
Catalogue Note
The catholic Cornelis Musius was dean of the St. Agatha convent in Delft during the revolt. When he tried to flee to Amsterdam in 1572, he was captured and martyred in Leiden.
Several portraits of this sitter are known, see for example the one in the Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht (inv. no. BMH S234). All are based on a print by Jacob Matham (Hollstein XI, 392).
Several portraits of this sitter are known, see for example the one in the Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht (inv. no. BMH S234). All are based on a print by Jacob Matham (Hollstein XI, 392).