Claes van Ruyven kneels in armour and with folded hands by a table with prayer book. Above left and right are four coats of arms, of which the upper left is the coat of arms of Van Ruyven. Claes van Ruyven, steward of the count of Holland and sheriff of Haarlem, was murdered in Haarlem in 1492 during the revolt of the Cheese and Bread People.
| Artist |
Reinier Vinkeles
RKD
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Jacobus Buys
RKD
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| Title | Portrait of Claes van Ruyven |
| Date | 1788 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, top right: XIX. D.1 pl. III. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: J. Buys, delin. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Rein.r Vinkeles, sculp. 1788. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Afbeelding van het glas ter gedachtenis van den heer Nicolaas/ van Ruiver, boven 't choor van de Grote kerk te Haarlem | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-JY-9 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-JY-9 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11501/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300015637 portraits AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(CLAES VAN RUYVEN) historical person (CLAES VAN RUYVEN) Iconclass |
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