Captain Job Jansse Cuijter (d. 1684) and His Family

Artist Nicolaes Maes Dutch, 1634–1693

Date1659

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions42 1/2 x 58 5/8 in. (108 x 148.9 cm)
Frame: 52 x 68 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (132.1 x 173.4 x 8.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.47

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ProvenanceCommissioned by Job Jansse Cuijter (d. 1864), Dordrecht, Netherlands, as partial payment for a house bought by the artist [1]; created Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1659. [De Vries et al, Amsterdam, April 19–20, 1830, no. 53, bought in]. [Jeronimo de Vries, Amsterdam, December 17, 1832, no. 44, as Het afscheid nemen en aan boord gaan van een zeeofficier by N. Maas]; sold to Singer. Private collection, England; [Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 20, 1913, no. 77, as Portraits of a Gentleman, His Wife and Six Children]; sold to Willis. [Christie’s, London July 12, 1946, no. 90, as A Family Group, bought in]; [Christie’s, London, December 12, 1947, no. 59, as A Family Group by Nicolaus Maes]; sold to Bier. [Newhouse Galleries, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1952.

[1] William W. Robinson, “Nicholaes Maes: Some Observations on His Early Portraits,” in Symposium Papers for Rembrandt and His Pupils (Exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1993), p. 108

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