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Portrait of a Man
Jan Mijtens (Dutch, c. 1614-1670)LinkedCulture matchlcp-f21e2ad732bc
- Date
- c. 1665
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Culture
- Holland
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 66022
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Jan Mijtens situated this unidentified sitter against a twilight landscape, likely a subtle nod to his status as a gentleman and landowner. Mijtens, painter to the nobility—most notably, the House of Orange in The Hague—practiced an international style of portraiture that emphasized elegant poses, sumptuous garb, and confident demeanors. This mode had been developed by Dutch and Flemish artists working at foreign courts, including Jan’s uncle and probable teacher, Daniel Mijtens , who was court painter to Charles I of England.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Ronald Fritz
- Provenance
- Van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Middelburg, The Netherlands, until 1895 [according to the catalogue of the Stillwell sale, 1927, in which the family name is given as Serkerken]; Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1895 [according to the 1927 Stillwell sale catalogue]; Dr. John E. Stillwell, New York, from 1895; sold, Anderson Galleries, New York, December 1, 1927, lot 222 to Seidlitz and van Baarn for $1, 000 [according to Art News, December 10, 1927, p. 12]. Ronald Fritz, Cragsmoor, New York; given to the Art Institute, 1986.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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