Caesar van Everdingen

Diogenes Looking for an Honest Man (Portrait Historié of the Steyn Family)

Caesar van Everdingen Diogenes zoekt een mens (Portrait historié van de familie Steyn)
Caesar van Everdingen Diogenes zoekt een mens (Portrait historié van de familie Steyn)
Caesar van Everdingen Diogenes zoekt een mens (Portrait historié van de familie Steyn)
Caesar van Everdingen Diogenes zoekt een mens (Portrait historié van de familie Steyn)
Caesar van Everdingen Diogenes zoekt een mens (Portrait historié van de familie Steyn)

Caesar van Everdingen
Diogenes Looking for an Honest Man (Portrait Historié of the Steyn Family)

On view in Gallery Prince Willem V

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Details

General information
Artist Caesar van Everdingen (Alkmaar 1617/1618 - 1678 Alkmaar)
Title Diogenes Looking for an Honest Man (Portrait Historié of the Steyn Family)
Object name painting
Inventory number 39
On view in Gallery Prince Willem V
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material canvas
Dimensions 75.9 x 103.6 cm
Inscriptions
Dated and signed at left, above the statue: ANNO. / 1652 / CVE
CVE in ligature

Provenance

Pieter Steyn, Haarlem and The Hague, until 1772; his widow, Cornelia Steyn-Schellinger, The Hague, 1772-1783; her bequest to Prince William V, The Hague, 23 September 1783; Prince William V, The Hague, 1783-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822; on loan to the Stedelijk Museum, Alkmaar, 1954-1971