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Portrait of a Deceased Girl, probably Catharina Margaretha van Valkenburg

Johannes Thopas1682

Mauritshuis

Mauritshuis
Den Haag, Netherlands

It looks as if the beautiful girl lying so peacefully is asleep. But she will never wake up again, as she has passed away. Her parents had her likeness painted by Thopas, whose other known works are all portrait drawings. This sad painting is one of the most beautiful and intimate deathbed portraits of a child. It remained in her family’s possession for over 300 years.

Details

  • Title: Portrait of a Deceased Girl, probably Catharina Margaretha van Valkenburg
  • Creator: Thopas, Johannes
  • Date Created: 1682
  • Physical Dimensions: h59 cm x w71 cm
  • Provenance: By inheritance in the Van Valkenburg family; Jonkheer Cornelis Constantijn van Valkenburg, Haarlem (inventory 1847, no. 22); his widow, Charlotta Jacoba, Baroness Van Heeckeren van de Wiersse, Vorden (sale, Haarlem, 28 October 1870, lot 11); gift of Conrad van Erpen Roijaards to Jonkheer Cornelis Constantijn van Valkenburg, Leiden, c.1960; his widow, Wilhelmine Nahuys, Aerdenhout; her son, Jonkheer Mr. Johan F.T. van Valkenburg, Bloemendaal; on loan from the Van Valkenburg Foundation (inv. no. 34), 2002-2008; purchased by the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 2008
  • Type: painting; oil
  • Medium: panel

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