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Portrait of a painter wearing velvet hat and holding palette and brushes, gesturing to a painted portrait behind to the right: P.5740-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of a painter wearing velvet hat and holding palette and brushes, gesturing to a painted portrait behind to the right

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: P&D Colnaghi & Co. sold to John Charrington [Lugt 572], February 1935.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1935) by Charrington, John

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1728

Note

In ink below on the plinth: 'JOAN MAURTIS QUINKHARD. / MDCCXXVIII.' The painter does not look like the man in Tanje's portrait, see P.9042-R, but could perhaps be the sitter in the painted portrait behind?

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.5740-R
Primary reference Number: 166360
Lugt: 572
Muller (Portreten van Nederlanders): 4342?
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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