Herman Doomer (1595-1650), 'Rembrandt's Frame-maker'
after Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – Amsterdam 1669)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1650 - 1669
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
241 x 165 mm (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham (Accredited Museum)
NT 1151313
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Herman Doomer (1595-1650), 'Rembrandt's Frame-maker' after Rembrandt van Rijn (Leyden 1606 – Amsterdam 1669), mid 17th century. A half-length portrait, to left, wearing a broad-rimmed hat and white ruff and with his hands folded in front of him. It is similar, although the sitter here looks older, to a signed and dated portrait, in reverse, of Herman Doomer, son of Rembrandt's pupil, Lambert Doomer, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905 – 1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: 'Fra Morelli de Montreal 1540 to 1570 / Friend of the Orcini [sic] Family Sir E.B. Lytton Rienzi (verso in pencil )
Makers and roles
after Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – Amsterdam 1669), artist Dutch School, artist