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Frans Hals: Portrait of Jacob Pietersz Olycan (1596-1638)  wikidata:Q17275956 reasonator:Q17275956
Artist
Frans Hals (1582/1583–1666)  wikidata:Q167654 s:en:Author:Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Alternative names

Frans Franchoisz Hals

Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1582 or 1583 26 August 1666 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata Haarlem Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 1603 and circa 1666
Work location

Haarlem (1608–1616); Antwerp (1616–1616); Haarlem (1617–1666) Edit this at Wikidata

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Title

Portrait of Jacob Olycan (1596–1638)
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description

Portrait of Jacob Pietersz. Olycan at three-quarters-length. He stands, turned three quarters right, and looks to the left past the spectator. His right hand holds his hat. His left hand is pressed to his side. He wears a richly-embroided velvet costume with a short cloak and a lace-trimmed ruff with wristbands.

The paintings were restored in 2007. During restoration, technical analysis confirmed what had long been thought, that the poorly rendered coats of arms were later additions not by Frans Hals (the pigment Prussian blue was found, but this pigment was first synthesized in 1706). The decision was taken to over paint the arms. Water soluble paints were used so that the over painting may be easily removed at a later date should this be wanted.
Depicted people Jacob Pietersz Olycan Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1625 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 124.8 cm (49.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 97.5 cm (38.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Collection
Mauritshuis   wikidata:Q221092  (Inventory)
Mauritshuis
Native name Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
Location

Korte Vijverberg 8, The Hague

Coordinates 52° 04′ 49.4″ N, 4° 18′ 51.5″ E Link to OpenStreetMap Link to Google Maps Edit this at Wikidata
Established 1822 Edit this at Wikidata
Website mauritshuis.nl
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Current location
Accession number

459 (Mauritshuis) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Haarlem
Object history

1625: commissioned by Jacob Olycan (1596–1638) and Aletta Hanemans (1606-1653), Haarlem

by 1877: inherited by Van Sypesteyn family, Haarlem

16 May 1877: anonymous sale at Van Pappelendam en Schouten, Amsterdam (auction house), lot no. 9,

by 1880: Victor de Stuers (1843-1916), The Hague

1881: purchased by the Dutch State from Victor de Stuers, The Hague

from 1881: Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague
Exhibition history

Frans Hals, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1 October 1989–31 December 1989, ISBN 90-6179-097-2, cat. no.  18, p. 181-184.

Hollanders in beeld, 13 October 2007–13 January 2008, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, Cat.no. 18.

Girl with a pearl earring. Dutch paintings from the Mauritshuis, de Young Museum, San Francisco, 26 January 2013–2 June 2013, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 22 June 2013–29 September 2013, Frick Collection, New York City, 22 October 2013–12 January 2014, ISBN 9783791352251.
Inscriptions

Age of sitter and date top right:

ÆTAT SVÆ 29 / Ao 1625

References
Source/Photographer https://www.mauritshuis.nl/ontdek-collectie/kunstwerken/459-portret-van-jacob-olycan-1596-1638/
Other versions

  • Version before restoration

    Version before restoration

  • Pendant Aletta Hanemanns

    Pendant Aletta Hanemanns

  • Version in black and white from mus.cat., c. 1900

    Version in black and white from mus.cat., c. 1900