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Portrait of the Three Regentesses of the Leprozenhuis, Amsterdam
Also titled Portret van drie regentessen van het leprozenhuis in Amsterdam
Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht, 1616–1680)
c. 1668 - c. 1671
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 170 cm x width 208 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- 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
The regentesses Clara Abba, Elisabeth van Duynen, and Agatha Munter administered Amsterdam’s leper house, a charitable institution. Bol portrayed them at a table with a cash book, an inkwell, and coins, suggesting their involvement in record keeping and financial management. They likely oversaw staff, handled purchasing goods, and effected various other tasks for the institution.
