Daniel Seghers and Jan Cossiers
Bust of Constantijn Huygens Surrounded by a Garland of Flowers (1596–1687)
Daniel Seghers and Jan Cossiers
Bust of Constantijn Huygens Surrounded by a Garland of Flowers (1596–1687)
164486 x 63 cm
Oil on copper
Signed and dated lower left: D.niel.Seghers. Soc.tis Jesu 1644
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Provenance
Gift of the painter to Constantijn Huygens, The Hague, in or after 1644
his son, Lodewijk Huygens, 1687-1699
his son, Constantijn Huygens IV, 1699-1739
his daughter, Susanna Louise van Wassenaer-Huygens, wife of Willem baron van Wassenaer van Ruijven, 1739-1785; her inventory, 1785 (under the letter f as ‘Dezelve [Constantijn Huygens] borstbeeld in ’t graauw in een krans van bloemen op koper’)
sold by her heirs as part of the Huygenshuis to Jacob Verheye van Citters, 1786
sold as part of the Huygenshuis to Johannes Goldberg, 1800
his sale, Huygenshuis, The Hague, 22 April-3 May 1828 (Lugt 11715), paintings sold on 3 May, nr. 6 (as ‘Idem [Constantijn Huygens] in eenen bloemenkrans, door pater Zeghers, op koper, in verg. lijst.’)
probably purchased at this sale by jonkheer Johan Steengracht van Oostcapelle, The Hague and Moyland, 1828-1846
his heirs (see Taxation der Gemälde auf Schloss Moyland, 1906, no number, as ‘von Seghers, Blumenstück 1500,-’)
private collection, The Netherlands
acquired with the support of the VriendenLoterij and H.B. van der Ven, 2018
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