Hendrick GoltziusDutch, 1558–1617Portret van Abraham Gorlaeus
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Where is “Portret van Abraham Gorlaeus” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Abraham Gorlaeus (van Goorle) (1549-1609), verzamelaar van antieke munten en gemmen, zittend aan een tafel, schrijvend in een boek. Een boekenkast tegen de achterwand. Linksboven zijn familiewapen. In Oud Holland (zie documentatie) is gesteld dat de geportretteerde niet Abraham, maar diens broer David (1550-1612) is.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-10.274
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Hendrick Goltzius
The whole life1579
Marriage to a wealthy widow
At 21 he married a wealthy widow considerably older than himself. The "unequal marriage" gave him economic independence: he bought a house, opened his own engraving workshop, and two years later took on two apprentices.
1579–1587
Pupil: Jan Saenredam
1580
Beginning of his own publishing activity
He apparently began publishing prints on his own.
late 1580s
Depression and consumption
From the late 1580s he suffered from depression and consumption; his family life was unhappy.
