Portrait of Ludolf Bakhuizen

Jacob Gole (Dutch, 1660–1737)

1701

Medium/TechniqueMezzotint

DimensionsPlatemark (plate of the printed portrait): 18.2 x 14.5 cm (7 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 23 x 16.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession number97.1250.2

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InscriptionsIn plate, at lower center: L. Bakhuizen out 71 jaar On separate plate, at lower center: Aemula naturae Bakhusia dextra potentis / Vivi coloris artifex: / Picturae postquam implevit, genus omne Tropaeum / in aere feponit sibi In plate, at lower left: Cum Privileg. ord Holland et West Frisie. In plate, at lower right: Janus Broeckhusius

ProvenancePossibly Joseph Maberly (b. 1783 - d. 1860), London [see note 1]. Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession Date: April 11, 2022)

NOTES:

[1] A note on the mat of P8221, transcribed from an earlier mount, states: "Probably all of this series came from Joseph Maberly's collection, according to Mr. Sewall."

[2] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after Sewall's death.