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Portrait of Catharina van Braam Houckgeest
Also titled Portret van Catharina van Braam Houckgeest
c. 1790
- Medium
- glass, gypsum, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- mirror
- Dimensions
- height 50 cm x width 39.5 cm x depth 4.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Van Braam Houckgeest Family, the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting, the K.F. Hein Fonds, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Mondriaan Stichting and the Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
When Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest looked in this mirror in Canton, he was briefly reunited with his wife, Catharina, who had stayed behind in the Netherlands. The two women at the lower left mourn a Dutch ship setting sail, while the anchor at the right symbolizes hope. The inscription translates as: ‘Our good wishes accompany he who departs.’
