drawing
- Museum number
- 1854,0628.35
- Description
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Portrait of the shell collector Jan Govertsz. van der Aar; head and shoulders almost to left, short curly hair, the shirt open at the neck, Christ on the Cross seen through an opening in the wall above at left. 1608
Pen and brown ink on vellum
- Production date
- 1608
- Dimensions
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Height: 467 millimetres
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Width: 375 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Literature: M. Bénard, 'Cabinet de M. Paignon Dijonval', Paris, 1810, no. 1841, p. 85; Waagen, IV, 1857, p.40; E.J.K. Reznicek, 'Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius', Utrecht, 1961, cat.no.275; G. Luijten, 'Den sijd-wegh der constanten: enkele getekende en gegraveerde portretten door Hendrick Goltzius', in Antiek 28/5 (Dec. 1993), pp.233-34, fig.11.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1854
- Acquisition notes
- Samuel Woodburn bought Morel de Vindé's collection (grandson of Paignon-Dijonval) en bloc in 1819
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1854,0628.35
