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Portrait Medallion of Catherine Hooft
Also titled Portretmedaillon van Catharina Hooft
Artus Quellinus (I) (Antwerp, 1609–1668)
1660
- Medium
- marble (rock)
- Classification
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- height 58 cm x width 55 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- 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
Catharina Hooft came from a wealthy Amsterdam patrician family. This medallion depicts her in profile, just like her husband Cornelis de Graeff. After his death in 1664, she became the head of the family. She knew many important and powerful people, including Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt. Here she displays her wealth, notably the hair ornament – one of her most precious possessions.
