Circle of Anthonis Mor van Dashorst
(1519-1576/77)
‘Portrait of Alexander Bentinck (1548-1582) & Juffer Alyt van Buckhorst (born in 1550)’, 1575-1576
‘Portrait of Alexander Bentinck (1548-1582)’
Oil on panel: 39,2 x 47,5 cm; dated 1575, Inscribed with the sitter’s name and C.S. – Aetatis Suae, 27.
‘Portrait of Juffer Alyt van Buckhorst (born in 1550)’
Oil on panel: 47,5 x 40 cm; dated 1576, Inscribed with the sitter’s name and Aetatis Suae 26.
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Notes
Alexander van Bentinck is from a noble family. He became Mayor of the City of Arnhem in 1569 and deputy of the province of Gelderland. In this capacity he signed the Unie van Utrecht in 1579. This was a union between some Dutch provinces and cities to withstand and protect the population against the Habsburg ruler Filips II, who also was the King of Spain.
Aleyd van Buckhorst married in 1576 to Alexander Bentinck. Together they raised six children.
Shortly after Aleyd sat for this portrait, hence the name ‘Juffer’ (= Miss), she married into the Bentinck family.
Provenance
- private collection, Switzerland
- Koller, Zurich
- private collection, The Netherlands