Hendrick GoltziusDutch, 1558–1617Vaandrig
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Dutch
Portret van een man met een vaandel over zijn rechterschouder. Onduidelijk wie hij is; als identificaties zijn genoemd C. de Wetthem, Gerrit Cornelisz. Velserman en Gerrit van Schooten Jansz., vaandrig te Haarlem. Op de achtergrond een veldslag. Onder de voorstelling een vierregelig Frans gedicht.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-10.196
What it shows
Neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ men's clothes)Clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) (+ men's clothes)Head-gear: toque (+ men's clothes)Sleeves(military) standard-bearerShoes, sandals (+ men's clothes)Trousers, breeches, etc. (BREECHES) (+ men's clothes)Clothing for the upper part of the body (DOUBLET) (+ men's clothes)Stockings, socks (+ men's clothes)Sleeves (+ men's clothes)Low Countries
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Meanwhile, 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.
c. 1584
Meeting Karel van Mander
He met the painter and his future biographer Karel van Mander, a refugee from Flanders, who introduced him to the drawings of Bartholomeus Spranger, then working in Prague for Rudolf II. Spranger's works exerted a significant influence on Goltzius's art.
1585–1587
Pupil: Jacob de Gheyn II
