Hendrick Gerritsz Pot
Portrait of a Gentleman
1631-1632
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Hendrick Gerritsz Pot
Portrait of a Gentleman
1631-1632
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, 7 x 5 1/4 in. (17.8 x 13.3 cm.)
Credit Line
The Mary Frick Jacobs Collection
Object Number
1938.385
Half length, wearing armour; in carved gilt frame.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1938; Mary Frick Jacobs, Baltimore, MD; Christie, Manson & Woods, London, July 2, 1892, no. 23; formerly in the Colworth Collection of Hollingsworth Magniac Esq. (1786-1867), London.
Jacobs Reinstallation 2026
Descamps, Jean-Baptiste. La Vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois, avec des portraits gravés en taille-douce, une indication de leurs principaux ouvrages, & des réflexions sur leurs différentes manières. Vol. 2 Paris: Jombert, 1754.
Walpole, Horace. Anecdotes of Painting in England. London: Ward, Lock, and Co., Warwick House, 1782.
Van Thiel et al. Painting in Haarlem 1500-1850: The Collection of the Frans Hals Museum. Ghent: Ludion, 2006.
1.3 Honthorst, Poelenburch and Pot. Gerson Digital: Britain, RKD Studies. Accessed December 20, 2023. 1.3 Honthorst, Poelenburch and Pot. https://gersonbritain.rkdstudies.nl/1-portrait-painting-in-england-in-the-17th-century/13-honthorst-poelenburch-and-pot/.
Walpole, Horace. Anecdotes of Painting in England. London: Ward, Lock, and Co., Warwick House, 1782.
Van Thiel et al. Painting in Haarlem 1500-1850: The Collection of the Frans Hals Museum. Ghent: Ludion, 2006.
1.3 Honthorst, Poelenburch and Pot. Gerson Digital: Britain, RKD Studies. Accessed December 20, 2023. 1.3 Honthorst, Poelenburch and Pot. https://gersonbritain.rkdstudies.nl/1-portrait-painting-in-england-in-the-17th-century/13-honthorst-poelenburch-and-pot/.
Inscribed: Paper label on back identifies the sitter as Charles Prince of Wales another label reads: Magniac Collection no. 23