Isaac Pontanus Giving a Gold Medal to his Grandson Hendrik van Beek
Hendrik van Beek was a leap-day child, born on 29 February 1680. Hence, he could celebrate his actual birthday for the second time only eight years later. His grandfather may have felt that he therefore deserved a special present: a gold medal. The bestowal of this medal is recorded in this double portrait, which was painted for the lid of the small box in which the medal was kept.
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Isaac Pontanus Giving a Gold Medal to his Grandson Hendrik van Beek
Hendrik van Beek was a leap-day child, born on 29 February 1680. Hence, he could celebrate his actual birthday for the second time only eight years later. His grandfather may have felt that he therefore deserved a special present: a gold medal. The bestowal of this medal is recorded in this double portrait, which was painted for the lid of the small box in which the medal was kept.
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Gift of the Vereniging Rembrandt
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Schenking van de Vereniging Re ...... monstrantse Gemeente Rotterdam
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Hendrik van Beek was a leap-da ...... x in which the medal was kept.
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Hendrik van Beek was een schri ...... aarin de penning werd bewaard.
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NG-2008-40
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Rijksmuseum
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Isaac Pontanus Giving a Gold Medal to his Grandson Hendrik van Beek
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Isaac Pontanus schenkt zijn kleinzoon Hendrik van Beek een gouden penning
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1689
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1689
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diameter 9 cm
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diameter 9 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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…; donated by Isaac Pontanus ( ...... structed in Van der Ham, 2010}
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temporal
fourth quarter 17th century
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vierde kwart 17e eeuw
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