Artist
Isaack LuttichuijsDutch, 1616–1673
CultureDutch
Titles
- Martijn Gaertz
Date1656
PlaceAmsterdam, Netherlands
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 38 3/4 × 32 1/8 in. (98.4 × 81.6 cm)
frame: 49 × 42 × 3 in. (124.5 × 106.7 × 7.6 cm)
frame: 49 × 42 × 3 in. (124.5 × 106.7 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy J. Younger in memory of Douglas F. Younger
Object number2001.84
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
208 Friends Of Old Masters
On view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, †The Private Eye†, June 11-August 13, 1989, Houston, Texas.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Painted in white, verso of lining, in a similar style to the signature on the front: "door / I. Luttichuÿs An 1656."
Label, verso of frame: "Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal / Leiden / Tent.: Een verzameling 1980 / shilderÿan / Kunsten.: I. Luttichuys / Titel: Portret van Martÿn / Gaertz / Tent. cat no.: 20 afm. 100 x 02 / Eigenaar: part. verz."
Label, verso of frame: "The Private Eye / GTMS 43 / Iyaak Luttichuys (Dutch, 1616-1673) / Portrait of a Man / 1656 / Oil on canvas / 37 1/4 x 30 1/2 / Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy J. Younger / Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston June 11-August 13, 1989"
Label, verso of frame: "Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal / Leiden / Tent.: Een verzameling 1980 / shilderÿan / Kunsten.: I. Luttichuys / Titel: Portret van Martÿn / Gaertz / Tent. cat no.: 20 afm. 100 x 02 / Eigenaar: part. verz."
Label, verso of frame: "The Private Eye / GTMS 43 / Iyaak Luttichuys (Dutch, 1616-1673) / Portrait of a Man / 1656 / Oil on canvas / 37 1/4 x 30 1/2 / Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy J. Younger / Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston June 11-August 13, 1989"
Signed and dated, recto, upper left: "I Luttichuÿs, An 1656"
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