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Portrait of Pier van Walta (b. circa 1580), three-quarter-length, holding a pair of gloves
細節
CIRCLE OF WYBRAND SYMONSZ. DE GEEST (LEEUWARDEN 1592-C. 1662)
Portrait of Pier van Walta (b. circa 1580), three-quarter-length, holding a pair of gloves
oil on panel
40 x 32 1⁄8 in. (101.7 x 81.7 cm.)
inscribed 'ÆT. 62. / Ao 1637' (upper left), with the coats-of-arms of the van Walta and Botnia families (upper right)
Portrait of Pier van Walta (b. circa 1580), three-quarter-length, holding a pair of gloves
oil on panel
40 x 32 1⁄8 in. (101.7 x 81.7 cm.)
inscribed 'ÆT. 62. / Ao 1637' (upper left), with the coats-of-arms of the van Walta and Botnia families (upper right)
來源
(Presumably) by descent in the sitter's family to,
Françoise van Aerssen (1642-1720), who married Hendrik de Nassau, Lord Overkirk (1640-1708), and by descent to their son,
Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham (1673-1754), and by inheritance to his son-in-law,
William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper (1709-1764), and by descent to his son,
George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper (1738-1789), and by descent to his son,
George Augustus Clavering-Cowper, 4th Earl Cowper (1776-1799), and by inheritance to his brother,
Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper (1778-1837), London, George Street, Hanover Square, Panshanger, Hertfordshire, and by descent to his son,
George Augustus Frederick Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper (1806-1856), at Panshanger, Hertfordshire, and by descent to his son,
Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper and 7th Baron Lucas (1834-1905), and by inheritance through his widow, Katrine Cecilia Compton Cowper, Countess Cowper (1845-1913), to the granddaughter of the 6th Earl,
Ethel, Lady Desborough (1867-1952), and by descent to her daughter,
Monica, the Hon. Lady Salmond (1893-1978), Henfield, Sussex, and by descent until 2025, when acquired by the present owner.
Françoise van Aerssen (1642-1720), who married Hendrik de Nassau, Lord Overkirk (1640-1708), and by descent to their son,
Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham (1673-1754), and by inheritance to his son-in-law,
William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper (1709-1764), and by descent to his son,
George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper (1738-1789), and by descent to his son,
George Augustus Clavering-Cowper, 4th Earl Cowper (1776-1799), and by inheritance to his brother,
Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper (1778-1837), London, George Street, Hanover Square, Panshanger, Hertfordshire, and by descent to his son,
George Augustus Frederick Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper (1806-1856), at Panshanger, Hertfordshire, and by descent to his son,
Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper and 7th Baron Lucas (1834-1905), and by inheritance through his widow, Katrine Cecilia Compton Cowper, Countess Cowper (1845-1913), to the granddaughter of the 6th Earl,
Ethel, Lady Desborough (1867-1952), and by descent to her daughter,
Monica, the Hon. Lady Salmond (1893-1978), Henfield, Sussex, and by descent until 2025, when acquired by the present owner.
出版
(Presumably) M.L. Boyle, Biographical Catalogue of the Portraits at Panshanger the Seat of Earl Cowper, K.G., London, 1885, p. 437, no. 13, as an anonymous portrait of Louve van Walta.
(Presumably) Panshanger Gallery Guidebook, circa 1900, annotated MS., Firle Place, Sussex, as an anonymous portrait of Louve van Walta, where listed in the Inner Hall and Staircase.
(Presumably) E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava, Amsterdam, 1905, II, p. 571, no. 8844, as an anonymous portrait of Douwe van Walta, painted in the late 16th Century.
J.G. van Gelder, 'Dutch Pictures at the Royal Academy', The Burlington Magazine, XCV, no. 599, February 1953, p. 34, no. 597.
H. Belsey, 'Join the Family Reunion', Country Life, CXCIII, no. 22, 3 June 1999, p. 149, fig. 2, as Wybrand de Geest.
P. Humfrey, ‘The Picture Collection of the Earls Cowper at Panshanger’, Artibus et Historiae, XLIV, no. 88, 2023, p. 266, no. 4, as Attributed to Wybrand de Geest.
P. Humfrey, Regency Collectors. Buying and Displaying Old Masters in Early Nineteenth-Century England, London, 2025, under Appendix 7 (The Cowper Collection at Panshanger c. 1837), p. 205, as Attributed to Wybrand de Geest.
(Presumably) Panshanger Gallery Guidebook, circa 1900, annotated MS., Firle Place, Sussex, as an anonymous portrait of Louve van Walta, where listed in the Inner Hall and Staircase.
(Presumably) E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava, Amsterdam, 1905, II, p. 571, no. 8844, as an anonymous portrait of Douwe van Walta, painted in the late 16th Century.
J.G. van Gelder, 'Dutch Pictures at the Royal Academy', The Burlington Magazine, XCV, no. 599, February 1953, p. 34, no. 597.
H. Belsey, 'Join the Family Reunion', Country Life, CXCIII, no. 22, 3 June 1999, p. 149, fig. 2, as Wybrand de Geest.
P. Humfrey, ‘The Picture Collection of the Earls Cowper at Panshanger’, Artibus et Historiae, XLIV, no. 88, 2023, p. 266, no. 4, as Attributed to Wybrand de Geest.
P. Humfrey, Regency Collectors. Buying and Displaying Old Masters in Early Nineteenth-Century England, London, 2025, under Appendix 7 (The Cowper Collection at Panshanger c. 1837), p. 205, as Attributed to Wybrand de Geest.
展覽
London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition: Dutch Pictures 1450-1750, 22 November 1952-1 March 1953, no. 597, with erroneous cataloguing (lent from the Cowper Collection, Panshanger).
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