Maritge Claesdr. Voogt

Portrait of Maritge Claesdr. Vooght, 1639, Oil on canvas, 128 x 94.5 cm
Artist Frans Hals
Year 1639 (1639)
Catalogue Hofstede de Groot, Catalog 1910: #211
Material Oil on canvas
Dimensions 128 cm × 94.5 cm (50 in × 37.2 in)
Location Private collection

Portrait of Maritge Claesdr. Vooght is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1639 and now in a private collection. It is considered a pendant portrait to that of her husband, the Haarlem brewer and mayor Pieter Jacobsz Olycan.

Painting

This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote: "211. MARIA CLAESDR. VOOGT (1577-1644), wife of Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, and mother of Jacob Pietersz Olycan. M. 61. Half-length. She is seen almost in full face, but slightly turned to the left, and looks at the spectator. Her right hand, holding a metal-covered book, is only half visible ; the left hand is not shown. She wears a white cap, a ruff, and a black silk dress with a fur-trimmed cloak. The name of the sitter is known from an inscription on the back and from the coat-of-arms. [Pendant to 210.] Panel, 26 1/2 inches by 22 1/2 inches. Exhibited at the Guildhall, London, 1906, No. 86.- Mentioned in the inventory of her daughter Geertruyd Olycan, widow of Jacob Benningh, Haarlem, November 1 1, 1666 noted by A. Bredius. In the possession of Sir G. Donaldson, London. In the collection of Vernon Watney, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire."[1]

In 1974 Seymour Slive listed this painting as a copy of a portrait at three quarter length. At that time both this painting and its pendant were in private collections and he only saw photos of them. He then assumed that the later copies were the originals. Today all four paintings are considered original, but the smaller ones were painted about five years before the three-quarter length versions.[2]

Pendants

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hofstede de Groot on Maritge Claesdr. Voogt; catalog number 211
  2. ↑ Frans Hals, by Seymour Slive, 1974 a catalog raisonné of Hals works by Seymour Slive: Volume Three, the catalogue, National gallery of Art: Kress Foundation, Studies in the History of European Art, London - Phaidon Press, 1974 on Pieter Jacobsz Olycan and his wife; catalog number 128-129, page 68-69
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