Portrait of a Woman

Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen, the Elder (English (active in Holland), 1593–1661)

1631

Medium/TechniqueOil on panel

Dimensions43.2 x 33 cm (17 x 13 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of Delia Spencer Field

Accession number48.504

On View

On view

ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsLower right: C. J. fecit / 1631ProvenancePossibly Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, Ltd., London [see note 1]. 1910, A. S. Drey, Munich; September, 1910, sold by Drey to Delia Spencer (Mrs. Marshall) Field (b. 1854 - d. 1937), Paris and Washington, D.C.; by inheritance to her niece, Catherine Spencer Eddy (Mrs. Albert J.) Beveridge (b. 1881 - d. 1970), Beverly Farms, MA; 1948, gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1948)

NOTES:
[1] The Dowdeswell archives were said to have recorded a 1631 portrait of a woman on panel, signed and dated by Cornelis Jonson, measuring 16 x 13 inches. See A. J. Finberg, "A Chronological List of Portraits by Cornelis Jonson," Walpole Society 10 (1922), p. 21.