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File:Jan Steen - Adolf en Catharina Croeser aan de Oude Delft 1655.jpg

Summary

Artist
Title Double portrait of Adolf Croeser (1612-1668) and his daughter Catharina Croeser (1642-....)
Date 1655
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 82.5 cm (32.5 in). Width: 68.7 cm (27 in).
Accession number SK-A-4981
Object history

1761: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Paris
Unknown date: acquired by Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts (1732-1802)
1808: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Trippenhuis, Amsterdam
Unknown date: purchased by Colonel Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant from Nieuwenhuys (art dealer), London
Unknown date: inherited by Lady Janet Douglas Pennant (1923-1997), Penrhyn Castle, Bangor (?)

17 August 2004: purchased by Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, from the estate of Lady Janet Douglas Pennant
Exhibition history

Vermeer, oorsprong en invloed Fabritius, De Hooch, De Witte, 9 July 1935–9 October 1935, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, Cat.no. 78a.
Dutch Pictures 1450-1750, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 November 1952–1 March 1953.
Art in seventeenth century Holland, National Gallery, London, 30 September 1976–12 December 1976.
A farewell to Ronald de Leeuw/Afscheid Ronald de Leeuw, [Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam], 11 June 2008–10 August 2008.
125 grote liefdes met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 3 October 2008–18 January 2009, ISBN 978-90-400-8517-8.

Bewonderde stad. Hollandse stadsgezichten in de Gouden Eeuw/Pride of place. Dutch cityscapes in the Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1 February 2009–3 May 2009, ISBN 978-90-4008-547-5.
Credit line Purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with support of the Nationaal Aankoopfonds van het Ministerie van OCenW, the BankGiro Loterij, the Stichting Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit, the Mondriaan Stichting, the VSBfonds, the Vereniging Rembrandt, with help of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Rijksmuseum Fonds
Inscriptions Signature and date bottom right: JSteen / 1655
References

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Portret van Adolf en Catharina Croeser aan de Oude Delft, bekend als ‘De burgemeester van Delft en zijn dochter’, 82.5 × 68.7 cm (32.5 × 27 in).
RKDimages, Art-work number 126751, as Double portrait of Adolf Croeser (1612-1668) and his daughter Catharina Croeser (1642-....), 82.5 × 68.5 cm (32.5 × 27 in).
Vereniging Rembrandt, as Portret van Adolf en Catharina Croeser aan de Oude Delft, 82.5 × 68.5 cm (32.5 × 27 in).

Web Gallery of Art, as A Burgher of Delft and His Daughter, 83 × 69 cm (32.7 × 27.2 in).
Source/Photographer www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info

Camera location

52° 0′ 38.67″ N, 4° 21′ 23.70″ E

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Author Jan Steen
Copyright holder
  • http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/SK-A-4981
Date and time of data generation 19:12, 29 September 2010
Lens focal length 120 mm
ISO speed rating 50
Image title
  • Adolf en Catharina Croeser aan de Oude Delft, bekend als‘De burgemeester van Delft en zijn dochter'
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Horizontal resolution 77 dpi
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File change date and time 12:23, 2 February 2012
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Date and time of digitizing 13:18, 2 February 2012
Date metadata was last modified 13:18, 2 February 2012
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