A man and a woman identified as Govaert van Surpele and Catarina Coninckx. Mezzotint by J. van Rymsdyk, 1767, after J. Jordaens.

Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678.

Date:: 1767

Reference:: 2869393i

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About this work

Description

The burgomaster of Diest (1636-1637) and his wife. She is seated left, below a parrot, while he is standing, right, holding his staff of office, with a lapdog at his feet. Diest is in the Flemish Brabant and was governed by the House of Orange Nassau

Publication/Creation

[London] : J. Boydell excudit, 1767.

Physical description

1 print : mezzotint ; image 45.2 x 40.8 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Frederick Henry and Emilia van Solms, Prince and Princess of Orange. In the collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Size of the picture F6 2I by F7 I0 in height. Jac. Jordaens pinx.t. J. V. Rymsdyk fecit.

Edition

[Chaloner Smith's state II of 2].

Creator/production credits

The only mezzotint by Jan van Rymsdyk, according to Chaloner Smith, loc. cit.

References note

J. Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, vol. 3, London 1883, Rymsdyk no. 1, p. 1044

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2869393i

Reproduction note

After: a painting then in the collection of the 5th Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth; subsequently it passed from his descendants to the National Gallery, London (accession no. NG 6293)