An Old Man weighing Coins
Salomon Koninck (Amsterdam 1609 - Amsterdam 1656)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1629 - 1656
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1435 x 1257 mm (56 1/2 x 49 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421743
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Old Man weighing Coins by Salomon Koninck (Amsterdam 1609 – Amsterdam 1656). An old bearded man with glasses and a fur cap bends over a table before a window in a dimly lit room. His right hand holds a balance and he is weighing coins whilst his left hand rests on the table.
Provenance
Bought by Colonel the Hon. Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai (1800 – 1886);thence by descent to Hugh Napier Douglas Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), who left Penryhn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (1923 - 1997), who with her husband John Charles Harper, thereupon assumed the name of Douglas Pennant, and in 1951 made over the castle and part of its contents in lieu of death-duties to HM Treasury (from the estate of Hugh, 4th Baron Penrhyn (1894 – 1949), which transferred them to the National Trust.
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Salomon Koninck (Amsterdam 1609 - Amsterdam 1656), artist