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Portrait of Cornelia

Jan Veth

1885

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 90.2cm × w 109.6cm × d 5.5cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

historical persons - BB - woman; sisters (second degree family relationships)

Acquisition Method

bequest

Acquired

1988

Notes

…; bequeathed by the artist’s son-in-law, Daniel Apollonius Delprat (1890-1988), Amsterdam, to the museum,  1988

Collection Type

paintings

About Jan Veth

1864–1925 • Kingdom of the Netherlands

Known primarily as a portrait painter and an art critic. He was a spokesman for the Amsterdam Impressionists, and his writings were influential on his contemporaries. After 1890, he associated himself with the Symbolists. Comment on works: lithographer