Portrait of Arent Kievit (1589-1644)

Artist Jan Daemen Cool Dutch, circa 1589–1660

Date1633

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions41 x 30 3/8 in. (104.1 x 77.2 cm)
Frame: 48 1/4 x 37 3/8 x 3 in. (122.6 x 94.9 x 7.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.49

On View

On view

ProvenanceCreated Rotterdam, 1633. Alexander Charles Hamilton (1840–1920), 10th Lord Bellhaven, Stenton, Scotland; Lady Grizel Hamilton (née Winifred Louisa Cochran) (1880–1976); [Christie’s, London, May 3, 1946, no. 63, as Mierevelt] [1]; [Frost & Reed, London]; [G. M. Lotinga, London, by November 1948]; [Norton Galleries, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1952.

[1] Same lot as NCMA 52.9.48.
Published ReferencesAlgernon Graves, Art Sales from Early in the Eighteenth Century to early in the Twentieth Century, Volume II: H to REME (London: Algernon Graves, 1921), listed 231 as A Gentleman and a Lady.

Christie's, Catalogue of Pictures by Old Masters (London, May 3, 1946), cat. no. 63.

W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 57.

Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1986), briefly discussed 9, illus. (b-w) 9, fig. 7.

"Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview, (Autumn 1986), mentioned 4, illus. (b-w) 5.

Rudolf E. O. Ekkart, "De Rotterdamse portrettist Jan Daemen Cool (ca. 1589-1660)," Oud Holland, Vol. 3 no. 4 (1997), 205-206; cat. no. 8 (as Arent Kievet, gezegd Biscop, by Jan Daemen Cool), illus. (b-w), 226.

Dennis P. Weller, "New Installation of Dutch Kabinet Paintings," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (July/August 2007), mentioned and illus. (color) 11.

Dennis P. Weller, Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings [Systematic Catalogue of the Collection] (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2009), cat. no. 9, illus. (color) 44.
Exhibition HistoryLondon, Burlington House, 1894.

London, The Royal Academy, "Exhibition of the Works of the Old Masters," 1894, cat. no. 68 [?].

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt," October 25, 1986-February 15,1987, briefly discussed 9, illus. (b-w) 9, fig. 7.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Face to Face with the Dutch Golden Age," Dec. 20, 1995-May 26, 1996.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Together Forever: Pendant Portraits from the Permanent Collection," April 18-September 26, 1999. (Closing date extended to October 10, 1999)

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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