Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Jan van Haensbergen
Portrait of a gentleman, probably a member of the Van Bredehoff family
Lot Closed
March 24, 03:02 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Jan van Haensbergen
Utrecht 1642 - 1705 The Hague
Portrait of a gentleman, probably a member of the Van Bredehoff family
signed and dated lower centre: I.V.H. / 1695
oil on canvas, oval
unframed: 54.8 x 45.5 cm.; 21 1/2 x 17 7/8 in.
framed: 62 x 68 cm.; 24 3/8 x 26 3/4 in.
Anonymous sale, London, Phillips, 2 December 1997, lot 104;
Anonymous sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 5 December 1998, lot 1051;
With Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, by 2005;
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Arts & Antiques Group (AAG), 13 October 2008, lot 63, where unsold; probably bought after the sale for the Wieg collection.
C.J. Matthijs, 'De portretten uit de families van Bredehoff en de Vicq', in Jaarboek Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, no. 37, 1983, p. 169, no. 28, reproduced.
This portrait was previously identified as Adriaan van Bredehoff, a wealthy politician and bailiff of Hoorn. It bears strong similarities with two other portraits by Van Haensbergen depicting members of the Van Bredehoff family, ancestors of the former owner: a Portrait possibly of Jacob Josias van Bredehoff (1677-1748), dated 1695,1 and a Portrait of François van Bredehoff (1648-1721), dated 1698.2Jan van Haensbergen studied in Utrecht under Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594/5-1667) and stayed there until he moved to The Hague in 1669. He was a prolific painter with a very long career. His portrait style was influenced by Caspar Netscher (1639-84).
This portrait was part of the collection of Mrs Huitema-van Bredehoff de Vicq. When she moved to Indonesia in the 1930s, she put her art collection on loan and display in the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, until she returned in 1948.