Portrait of Aernout van Overbeke (1632–1674)

ArtistAttributed to Eglon Henrick van der Neer Dutch, circa 1635/36–1703

Datecirca late 1650s–early 1660s

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions13 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. (34 x 29.5 cm)
Frame: 19 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (49.5 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of William Miesegaes

Object numberG.68.38.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated Netherlands, ca. late 1650s–early 1660s. George Crocker (1856–1909), New York; [his sale, American Art Association, New York, January 24, 1912, no. 56, as Portrait of a Young Man by Eglon Hendrik van der Neer]. William Miesegaes, New York; given to NCMA, 1968.Published References“Illustrated Catalogue of the Important Paintings belonging to the Estates of the Late George Crocker...” (auction catalogue) (New York: The American Art Association, January 24, 1912), lot 56 as Portrait of a Young Man by Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 9, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1969), listed 56, illus. (b-w) 59.

Gazette des Beaux Arts, La Chronique des Arts 75 (February 1970), no. 1213, illus.

Dennis Weller, "Praise the Frame," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (1995-96 Annual Report), illus. (b-w) 29

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

Dennis P. Weller, "Eglon van der Neer's 'Portrait of Aernout van Overbeke': the frame makes the man," The Burlington Magazine 151, no. 1271, 98-101, illus. (color) 99.

Dennis P. Weller, Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings [Systematic Catalogue of the Collection] (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2009), cat. no. 32, illus. (color) 146, also mentioned xii.

Eddy Schavemaker, Eglon van der Neer (1635/36–1703): His Life and His Work (Doornspijk: Davaco Publishers, 2010), cat. no. 32, illus. (color) pl. 12.

Rudolph M. Dekker, Humor in Dutch Culture of the Golden Age (New York, NY: PALGRAVE, 2001).

E. de Jangh, "So Near and Yet So Far...," Jansteen Chapman: Painter and Story-Teller (1996). Object Rights Statement

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