About This Artwork

Jan Mijtens
Dutch, c. 1614-1670

Portrait of a Man, c. 1660

Oil on canvas
41 1/4 x 33 1/8 in. (104.8 x 84.1 cm)
Inscribed upper left on tree: JANMijtens
Gift of Ronald Fritz, 1986.1367

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

“Pictures Bring Best Prices in Stillwell Sale,” The Art News 27, no. 10 (December 10, 1927), p. 12.

The Art Insitute of Chicago, Annual Report 1986-1987 (Chicago, 1987), p. 56.

Alexandra Nina Bauer, Jan Mijtens (1613/14-1670): Leben und Werk eines Haager Porträtmalers, Petersberg, 2006, p. 169, no. A 14, fig. 14.

Ownership History

Van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Middelburg, The Netherlands, until 1895 [according to the catalogue of the Stillwell sale, 1927, in which the family name is given as Serkerken]; Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1895 [according to the 1927 Stillwell sale catalogue]; Dr. John E. Stillwell, New York, from 1895; sold, Anderson Galleries, New York, December 1, 1927, lot 222 to Seidlitz and van Baarn for $1, 000 [according to Art News, December 10, 1927, p. 12]. Ronald Fritz, Cragsmoor, New York; given to the Art Institute, 1986.