Portrait of Maria Bultel
Artist
Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn
(Dutch, 1572 – 1657)
Date1619
CultureDutch
MediumOil on panel
ClassificationPaintings
ProvenanceMniszech; G. Petit sale, Paris, Sept. 11, 1902, no. 164; William Ellis, Bryn Mawr, PA; E.M. Mahrman, Cleveland; Samuel T. Freeman sale, Phil., April 27-28, 1927,, no. 118; John de Witt Galleries, New York; Brandus, New York; Christie's sale, London, April 26, 1929; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN254
Van Ravesteyn was one of the finest portraitists of the regent and aristocratic classes of the Netherlands in the early 17th century. He painted the burgemeesters of the Dutch towns and members of the ruling Orange-Nassau family with equal energy and skill. Maria Bultel (1584/85-1662) was born in Antwerp and married Simon van der Does in 1604, and they lived in Amsterdam where he served as sheriff and in other posts. The pendant portrait of Maria's husband, Simon, is now in the Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame.
On View
Not on viewImage: 43 3/8 x 33 7/8 in. (110.2 x 86 cm)
