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Portret van Ds Petrus Hermannus Hugenholtz (1834-1911)

Jan Veth

1908

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 82.5cm × w 65cm × d 6.5cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Acquisition Method

gift

Acquired

1942

Notes

? Commissioned by or for the sitter; his daughter, Margaretha Agatha Hugenholtz (1862-1942), The Hague; by whom bequeathed to the museum, 1942

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