Portret van Christina van Halen (1568-1629), echtgenote van Joachim Wtewael
‘Non gloria, sed memoria’ (‘Not for glory, but for memory’) is the motto Joachim Wtewael has added to his portrait and that of his wife. Wtewael married Christina van Halen in 1595. He portrayed her as the ideal, god-fearing wife. The married couple is facing each other but is not looking at each other. Contact between the two is made through the hands. Painting was Wtewael’s second activity after his flax trade. He nevertheless left behind a large body of work and, today, is considered the most important Utrecht Mannerist.
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‘Non gloria, sed memoria’ (‘Not for glory, but for memory’) is the motto Joachim Wtewael has added to his portrait and that of his wife. Wtewael married Christina van Halen in 1595. He portrayed her as the ideal, god-fearing wife. The married couple is facing each other but is not looking at each other. Contact between the two is made through the hands. Painting was Wtewael’s second activity after his flax trade. He nevertheless left behind a large body of work and, today, is considered the most important Utrecht Mannerist.
Now in the museum in Collectie Centraal II
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Portret van Christina van Halen (1568-1629), echtgenote van Joachim Wtewael
Afkomstig van de familie Martens van Sevenhoven. Christina van Halen (1568-1629) was in 1596 getrouwd met de schilder Joachim Wtewael. Pendant van inv.nr. 2264, het zelfportret van de schilder.
Documentation
Arnoldus Bucelius "Res pictoriae", J.Q. van Regteren Altena, (Den Haag, 1928), p. 76
Beeldenstorm : 5 : close-ups van beeldende kunst, Henk van Os. onder red. van Thijs Tromp en Ineke Mesdag, (Amsterdam, 2001), pp. 123-124, met afb. 2 in kleur
Catalogus der schilderijen in het Museum Kunstliefde, A.D. de Vries en A. Bredius ; m.m.v. S. Muller, (Utrecht, 1885)
