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File:Hendrik Merkus Baron de Kock by Cornelis Kruseman.jpg

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Cornelis Kruseman: Portrait of Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock, Army Commandant and after 1826 Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies  wikidata:Q17334896 reasonator:Q17334896
Artist
Cornelis Kruseman (1797–1857)  wikidata:Q3815623
 
Cornelis Kruseman
Alternative names
Cornelis Kruzeman; cornelis kruseman; c. kruseman; C. Kruseman
Description Dutch painter, drawer, printmaker and silhouette artist
Date of birth/death 25 September 1797 Edit this at Wikidata 14 November 1857 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata Lisse Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1813 until 1857
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1813-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1857-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Amsterdam (1813-1825), Paris (1821), Italy (1821-....), Rome (1822-1824), Florence (November 1824), The Hague (1826-1841), France (1838-1839), Italy (1841-1847), Rome, Switzerland, The Hague (1847-1857), Lisse (1857)
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creator QS:P170,Q3815623
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Title
Portrait of Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock, Army Commandant and after 1826 Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Len,"Portrait of Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock (1779–1845), Army Commander and after 1826 Lieutenant Governor General of the Dutch East Indies"
label QS:Lnl,"Portret van Hendrik Merkus baron de Kock (1779-1845), legercommandant en na 1826 luitenant-gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands Indië"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Portrait of Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock, army commander and after 1826 lieutenant governor general of the Dutch East Indies. Standing, at half-length, holding a bicorne in his right hand, leaning against the base of a column, his left hand on his side. On the background a landscape. Partof the Governor-general series.
Date between 1826 and 1845
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1826-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1845-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 106 cm (41.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 90 cm (35.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+106U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+90U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Accession number
SK-A-3796 (Rijksmuseum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation The Hague (presumably )
Object history between 1826 and 1845
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1826-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1845-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: commissioned by Hendrik Merkus (1779-1845), Dutch East Indies, today Indonesia, for the Landvoogd-Galerij, Paleis Rijswijk, Weltevreden, today Jakarta

by 1950 (?): Landvoogd-Galerij, Paleis Rijswijk, Weltevreden, today Jakarta

1950: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-A-3796, from Landvoogd-Galerij, Paleis Rijswijk, Weltevreden, today Jakarta

Unknown date: ownership transferred to the Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency, Rijswijk, Inventory number B2175
Inscriptions

Signature bottom right:

C. Kruseman f.
References

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Portrait of Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock, Army Commandant and after 1826 Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, 1826-1857.

RKDimages, Art-work number 34502, as Portret van Lt. Gouverneur Generaal Hendrik Merkus Baron de Kock (1779-1845)
Source/Photographer www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info
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current09:55, 10 September 2014Thumbnail for version as of 09:55, 10 September 20142,769 × 3,315 (3.85 MB)Crisco 1492Original res
15:13, 17 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 15:13, 17 September 20101,938 × 2,324 (3.03 MB)Jan Arkesteijnhigher detail, less speckles
23:16, 6 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 23:16, 6 April 2007800 × 960 (888 KB)MichaelJLowe{{Information |Description="Hendrik Merkus Baron de Kock (1779-1845). Army commander and after 1826 Lieutenant-Governor-General, Hendrik Merkus Baron de Kock Bijnaam HNR". Oil on canvas. 106 x 90 cm. |Source=http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/ |Date=circa 1826 to

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