Maritge Claesdr. Voogt

Portrait of Maritge Claesdr. Vooght is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1639 and now in a private collection. It is considered a pendant portrait to that of her husband, the Haarlem brewer and mayor Pieter Jacobsz Olycan.

Painting

This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote: "211. MARIA CLAESDR. VOOGT (1577-1644), wife of Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, and mother of Jacob Pietersz Olycan. M. 61. Half-length. She is seen almost in full face, but slightly turned to the left, and looks at the spectator. Her right hand, holding a metal-covered book, is only half visible ; the left hand is not shown. She wears a white cap, a ruff, and a black silk dress with a fur-trimmed cloak. The name of the sitter is known from an inscription on the back and from the coat-of-arms. [Pendant to 210.] Panel, 26 1/2 inches by 22 1/2 inches. Exhibited at the Guildhall, London, 1906, No. 86.- Mentioned in the inventory of her daughter Geertruyd Olycan, widow of Jacob Benningh, Haarlem, November 1 1, 1666 noted by A. Bredius. In the possession of Sir G. Donaldson, London. In the collection of Vernon Watney, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire."^[1]

In 1974 Seymour Slive listed this painting as a copy of a portrait at three quarter length. At that time both this painting and its pendant were in private collections and he only saw photos of them. He then assumed that the later copies were the originals. Today all four paintings are considered original, but the smaller ones were painted about five years before the three-quarter length versions.^[2]

Pendants

References

Frans Hals
Paintings	Portrait of a Woman Standing The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616 Shrovetide Revellers Portrait of a Woman Standing (Kassel) The Rommelpot Player Two Singing Boys with a Lute and a Music Book Catharina Both-van der Eem Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart Laughing Cavalier The Lute Player Laughing Boy with Flute Laughing Boy with a Flute Boy with a Glass and a Lute The Smoker The Fingernail Test The Gypsy Girl St. John St. Matthew St. Luke St. Mark Willem van Heythuysen Posing with a Sword Laughing Boy Cunera van Baersdorp¨ Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz. Massa Portrait of Anna van der Aar Young Man with a Skull The Banquet of the Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1627 The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627 Portrait of a Woman in a Chair Two Laughing Boys with a Mug of Beer Laughing Fisherboy Peeckelhaeringh The Merry Drinker Malle Babbe Smiling Fishergirl Fisher Boy with Basket The Fisher Boy Sara Wolphaerts van Diemen Cornelia Claesdr Voogt The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1633 Portrait of a Man with a Beer Jug Portrait of a Man in a Yellowish-Gray Jacket Catharina Brugmans Feyntje Steenkiste Hylck Boner Meagre Company Portrait of a Woman (Marie Larp) Pieter Tjarck Claes Duyst van Voorhout Maria Pietersdr Olycan Maritge Claesdr. Voogt The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639 Portrait of Dorothea Berck Regents of the Old Men's Almshouse Regentesses of the Old Men's Almshouse
Catalogs raisonné	1974 1989
Other	Dutch Golden Age painting Haarlem School (painting) Tronie Naturalism (art) Flemish Baroque painting
Related	Karel van Mander (teacher) Dirck Hals (brother) Harmen Hals (son) Frans Hals Junior (son) Jan Hals (son) Reynier Hals (son) Nicolaes Hals (son) Théophile Thoré-Bürger Seymour Slive Claus Grimm
Public collections	Frans Hals Museum Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Mauritshuis