Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Harlingen 1608 - Amsterdam 1651

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Portrait of a man, possibly Arent Dircksz Bosch (1580/1-1658); Portrait of a woman, possibly Elisabeth Jansdr (de Vogel) (1583/4-1647)

Portrait of a man:

Inscribed: AET. 56 / 1637

Oil on panel, 91 x 66 cm

 

Portrait of a woman:

Inscribed and dated: AET. 53 / 1637

Oil on panel, 91 x 66 cm

ENQUIRIES

Provenance

Possibly Arent Dircksz Bosch (1580/1-1658) and Elisabeth Jansdr de Vogel (1583/4-1647),

Amsterdam (until 1658)

Possibly by descent to their son Dirck Arentsz Bosch (1615-1664), Amsterdam (until 1664)

Possibly by descent to his son Arent Dircksz Bosch (1648/9-1708), Amsterdam (until 1708)

Possibly by descent to his son Arent Bosch (1694-1769), Amsterdam (mentioned in wills of 1742

and 1748) (until 1769)

Possibly by descent to his unmarried son Arent Bosch (1719-1774), Amsterdam (until 1774)

Possibly by descent to his unmarried brother Egbert Bosch (1721-1788), Amsterdam (until 1788)

Possibly sale of the estate of Egbert Bosch, Amsterdam, 20 October 1788

Collection Jean-Louis Gérard (1760-1792), Shipowner in Lorient (until 1792)

By descent to his widow, Marie-Victorine Gérard, née Collette, from 1797 Marie-Victorine Monistrol (1768-1820), Chateau de Kerbaly (until 1820)

By descent to her son, Alphonse Gérard (1791-1831), Chateau de Kerbaly (until 1831)

By descent to his half-sister, Armide Coudé, née Monistrol (1798-1878), Chateau de Kerbaly (until 1878)

By descent to her daughter, Marie Jules Chaumonot, née Coudé (1837-1891) (until 1891)

By descent to her daughter Marie Bécue, née Chaumonot (1866-1958) (until 1958)

By descent to her son, René Bécue-Chaumonot (1900-1984), Porh Kerhou (until 1984)

By descent to his daughter, Régine Bardin, née Bécue-Chaumonot (1928-2018), Porh Kerhou (until 2018)

Sold by the heirs of Régine Bardin, Drouot, Paris, 2023

Literature

P. van den Brink, J. van der Veen, A Pair of unknown portraits by Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608/9-1651), September 2023 (available on request).