Portrait of Piet van der Hem
Jan Willem "Willy" Sluiter
(Dutch, 1873 – 1949)
1918
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
DimensionsFramed: 48.3 × 38.7 × 1.9 cm (19 × 15 1/4 × 3/4 in.)
Image: 42.5 × 33 cm (16 3/4 × 13 in.)
Image: 42.5 × 33 cm (16 3/4 × 13 in.)
Credit LineThe Maida and George Abrams Collection—Gift in honor of Clifford S. Ackley, William W. Robinson, and in memory of Justice Ruth I. Abrams
Accession number2021.309
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Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Inscriptionssigned and dated lower right: Willy Sluiter / VD / 1918ProvenanceLaurina Johanna Wilson van Gelder (b. 1889 - d. after 1959), The Hague; until 2000, possibly by descent within the family [see note]; June 7, 2000, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, lot 20, to a private collector; November 26, 2014, anonymous (private collector) sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, lot 330, to George S. Abrams, Newton, MA; 2021, gift of George S. Abrams to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 2021)NOTE: Provenance according to the 2000 Sotheby's sale. Two paintings from the Wilson-van Gelder collection were included in this auction.
Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten
Joannes Corvus (Jan Rav)
Jan van Scorel
